Fire gutted slum in city
Mumbai: 17 June: At least one person was
killed and others were injured in a fire that gutted in city’s Bank of colony
slum last night.
About two hundred family
live in city’s Bank Colony slum. The fire stared from a kerosene stove and it
rapidly spread to adjacent shanties. The fire burnt at least four people. Among
them a girl, Ruma (10) later died as she was seriously injured. The slum
dweller have lost their valuables and savings in the fire and now living under
the open sky. The fire brigade reached the spot at about one hour later but
they could not control the fire quickly as the passage was narrow. However,
with the help of the slum-dwellers, they managed to control fire from causing
more lost. About fifty shanties and twelve shops have been gutted in the fire.
The victims need help from
the government to build their home and the shop.
