Khar Danda Fire: Saw my uncle screaming ‘jal raha hai’

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According to what little Rishikesh knows, a rat bite caused a leak in the gas pipe..

But it went unnoticed as the air conditioning was on the entire night, after they wrapped up Mothers Day celebrations..

My grandmother probably went to make tea in the morning, and as soon as she lit the lighter, there was a spark, he said...

An ambulance and the fire brigade were called quickly, but instead of waiting for them, the neighbours and family members rushed the injured in rickshaws to Bhabha Hospital in Bandra..

First thing I did was to turn off the switch board in the galli, said Rohit Vasudev Babu, 23, a neighbour, describing the panic after a loud blast resounded in the neighborhood..