India, Dec. 22 -- A major fire was reported at around 7 am at the Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar Chawl, in Andheri East. The fire broke out in a ground-plus-one-storey chawl and was initially confined to electrical wiring and installations before spreading to mattresses and clothes inside a first-floor room. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about half an hour.

"The intensity of the fire and the confined space led to three severe injuries," said a civic official. Three residents of the building sustained serious burns. Veena Pradip Bhoite, 50, suffered 95-98% burns and remains in a critical condition; Namdev Kashinath Sakpal, 70, sustained 20-25% burns, while Laxmi Namdev Sakpal, 68, suffered 30-32% burns. All three were first taken to Coop...