Four IndusInd Bank employees lost their lives and at least 35 people were injured in a late night fire at the private sector bank’s Andheri back-office. The fire broke out at around 11.15 p.m. on Thursday, IndusInd Bank said in a statement to the BSE.
The deceased have been identified as Atanu Laha, 35, Rakesh Shirkar, 24, Rohan Katkare, 25, and Sandeep Naik, 25. Eight others were injured.
Since it was the central processing unit of the bank, employees were working late into the night.
According to fire department officials, a short-circuit is likely to have caused the fire.
The injured are being treated at the Seven Hills Hospital in the city. Three of them are being treated for injuries at the Intensive Care Unit and are believed to be stable.
“Thirty-five people were brought to the hospital on Thursday night. Four of them were brought dead. Eight are being treated for different injuries and trauma and the rest 22 were discharged yesterday after preliminary examination,” Shweta Tyagi, a doctor at the Seven Hills Hospital said.