25 quarantined persons rescued after fire breaks out at hotel

(Eds: Updating) Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI)Twenty-five quarantined persons and two others were rescued from a hotel in Mumbai Central after a fire broke out in the ground-plus-three building on Tuesday evening, a senior official said. The building was being used as an isolation centre for suspected coronavirus patients.

No one was injured in the fire which started on the first floor of Hotel Ripon Palace on Bellasis Road around 6.20 pm, the senior fire brigade official added. At least eight fire engines were pressed into service and the flames were brought under control after 45 minutes, he said.

The fire was confined to electrical wiring, installations, beds, wooden furniture and air-conditioners on the first floor. "25 persons quarantined there were safely evacuated.

Two employees were rescued from a room on the third floor," the official said, adding that cooling operations were on. PTI KK KRK KRK