Mumbai: Three people died when fire broke out on Wednesday at the headquarters of Indian conglomerate Tata Group in Mumbai, the city's fire department said.
"Four people were shifted to hospital and we have learnt from the hospital authorities that three have died," Mumbai Fire Brigade chief officer Uday Tatkare told AFP by telephone from the scene.
The condition of the fourth person was not immediately known, he said. The fire broke out in the basement of Bombay House, a colonial-era building home to senior company executives in the busy banking and financial district of south Mumbai.
Tatkare said the basement houses a canteen and that the dead were likely to be catering staff. An investigation has begun into the cause of the fire. News channel NDTV reported that Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata was not in the building at the time.
Tata Group is one of India's oldest and biggest firms and has interests from steel, hotels and car-making to tea, energy and telecommunications.
"Four people were shifted to hospital and we have learnt from the hospital authorities that three have died," Mumbai Fire Brigade chief officer Uday Tatkare told AFP by telephone from the scene.
The condition of the fourth person was not immediately known, he said. The fire broke out in the basement of Bombay House, a colonial-era building home to senior company executives in the busy banking and financial district of south Mumbai.
Tatkare said the basement houses a canteen and that the dead were likely to be catering staff. An investigation has begun into the cause of the fire. News channel NDTV reported that Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata was not in the building at the time.
Tata Group is one of India's oldest and biggest firms and has interests from steel, hotels and car-making to tea, energy and telecommunications.
