Fire on rooftop in Bengaluru: A fire broke out in a multi-storey building in a posh area of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka. According to police officials, a fire broke out on the top floor of the building and a cylinder kept there exploded.
During these explosions a person got trapped on the roof floor. The entire roof and one floor below it were on fire. The man looked around to escape the flames but could not find any way to escape. It is further seen in the video that the person then jumped from there to save his life.
A massive fire broke out in a pub on the fourth floor of a four-storey building in Koramangala. #Bengaluru City today.
Video footage also showed a man jumping from the fourth floor to escape the massive fire.#fire accident pic.twitter.com/9nNHmuR9YA
– Elizabeth Kurian (@ElezabethKurian) 18 October 2023
News of two people being injured
The man and another person suffered serious injuries and have been admitted to a private hospital. Local people say that many cylinders were kept in the kitchen on the roof of the café. Such a huge explosion occurred due to explosion in several cylinders. Police say that no customer was present in the cafe when the fire broke out.
Bengaluru City Fire Department said, after receiving information about the fire, we reached there and tried to extinguish the fire using all resources. He further said, we had sent eight fire engines to the spot and our senior officers are present there. The fire there has been extinguished but two people have been seriously injured.
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