Fire in a flat on 6 th floor of a residential apartment in Prahaladnagar, 2 dead

Ahmedabad: At least two people died and 3 others injured when a fire broke out in a residential flat on the sixth floor of an apartment in plush Prahaldnagar area of Ahmedabad city in the wee hours today, police said.

The fire started from the store and kitchen of the flat number 64 of the Ishan-3 apartments B tower in the wee hours today at around 0230 am. The family members were sleeping and by the time they awoke, dense smoke, fire and heat had engulfed the flat. They all fainted and were taken out of the flat later. The head of the family Achal Shah, who worked as Response Head in the Times of India, and his wife Premila died in a hospital today while his daughter Arohi, Rishita and Mother have also been admitted there.

They were taken out of the flat in unconscious condition by the fire fighters who reached the spot on intimation from the neighbours. FSL probe of the incident would also be done. The exact reason of the fire was not yet known however it is apprehended that it might have been caused by short circuit in store room.

Fire officer Khadia said, fire in this case was limited to just store room, but smoke spread to entire house as sliding glass windows were shut. The deaths in this case are due to carbon monoxide in smoke.

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