On August 22, 2018, a fire broke out on the 12th floor of Parel’s Crystal Tower around 8:30 am that claimed four lives. After two-three hours of work, Mumbai fire brigade team was able to bring the fire under control.
In total 20 people were admitted to KEM Hospital, of which four were brought dead to the hospital. Two dead bodies were identified as 62-year-old Shubhada Shirke and Bablu Shaikh, other two unidentified dead bodies will be sent to a lab for a DNA test.
Mumbai Live spoke to Shirke’s daughter who had the last talk with her mother before she passed away.
Around 8:00 am, I received a phone call from my mother, and she sounded terrified. She started crying and informed me that a fire has broken out in the building. I asked her the location, she told me that fire broke out in the lobby. I asked her to get out of the house safely and I told her that I will reach home by then. However, when I reached the tower, I called her up but she didn’t answer. I asked police about her whereabouts and I was told that she was taken to KEM Hospital where I got to know that she passed away due to suffocation,” Shirke’s daughter.
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