India: Dozens feared trapped in Mumbai building fire

By Shuriah Niazi

NEW DELHI, India (AA) - More than 60 people have been rescued from a building which caught fire in India's commercial capital Mumbai, said officials on Monday.

Some 100 people were trapped on the terrace of the nine-story telephone exchange building in Bandra area of the city.

Chief Fire Officer Prabhat Rahangdale told Press Trust of India news agency: “More than 60 people have been rescued. Rescue and fire fighting operations are still underway."

Fourteen fire tenders are at work to douse the blaze. The rescue operations are still underway to save the remaining people.

No injuries or casualties were reported so far, according to local officials.

Television footage show smoke billowing from the building which houses state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited office.

Fourteen people were killed in a fire in two pubs last year in Mumbai.