India, April 27 -- A Level One fire in Brooklyn building in Lokhandwala, Andheri East, claimed one life and injured six people in the wee hours of Saturday. The Mumbai fire brigade received a call from residents of the eight-storey building at 2.39 am and reached the spot when the fire was still blazing. Those who had breathed in smoke were moved to Kokilaben Hospital, HBT Trauma Care Centre and Cooper Hospital by firemen.

The fire, which began in the first-floor apartment of 62-year-old Chhaya Wadia, was first sensed by her sister who lives on the second floor. As she rushed downstairs to wake her, security guard Shishir Jadhav also smelled smoke at 2 am. He woke up helper Sanjay Mahajto, and together they knocked on every door to alert...