Fire breaks out at Heera Panna mall, 20 rescued

12 fire engines and 80 firemen of Mumbai fire brigade were brought into service for the four-and-a-half-hour operation.

Twenty people were rescued, one of them a senior citizen who was found in an unconscious state. He and three others were subsequently admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH).

Two of them – Raj Prabhas Israni, 69, and Amruta Mukesh Sagar, 39 -- were admitted to the ICU as they had suffered smoke inhalation, while two others – Mitesh Seth, 39, and Sachin More, 41 -- were released after treatment.