Thousands of employees were evacuated from a seven-story government
building in Mumbai on 21 June 2012 after a huge blaze tore through.
Television images showed people perching on
window ledges as orange flames licked the outside of building.
Others made a scramble towards firefighters' ladders, propped
precariously against the towering block.
More than two dozen fire engines battled the
fire that raged for several hours.
Raging: The cause of the fire was not
immediately known. Some witnesses complained that firefighters took
almost half an hour to reach the site
Evacuees: Evacuated workers and onlookers watch
as the Mantralaya building burns
Gathering: Indian policemen gather as
firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at the headquarters
Hard task: Firefighters spray jets at the blaze
from a hydraulic platform, left, while right, firefighters and police
officials gesture in front of the building as rivers of water from the
hoses wash into the street
Terrifying: An Indian man hangs out of the
window waiting to be rescued as black smoke billows out behind him
Battle: Firefighters spent several hours trying
to put the fire out and black smoke could be seen for miles
Hanging in the balance: Workers, who managed to
get down to floors below the fire, wait to be rescued on the building's
ledges
Perilous: Television images showed people
perching on window ledges as orange flames licked the outside of the
building
Search and rescue: Firefighters used hydraulic
platforms to evacuate trapped people, and two navy helicopters hovered
over the building to pick up people from the rooftop
Blaze: Firefighters from more than two dozen
engines battled the blaze that raged for several hours in the
Maharashtra state government headquarters.
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