| Six firefighters die in India, trapped in elevator |
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| Sunday, 18 October 2009 23:51 | |||
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Six firefighters died early Sunday after they were trapped in a smokeـfilled elevator while trying to reach a fire in a building in India''s financial capital , an official said. The firefighters were on their way to a burning 14th floor apartment in Mumbai and apparently died from asphyxiation due to smoke, a city fire brigade official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters. The elevator got stuck between two floors due to a mechanical failure, the official said, and efforts by other firefighters to rescue them failed. The remaining firefighters put out the fire, the official said.
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