In the wee hours today, the 15-storey Sterling Seaface which houses sea facing duplex of veteran actress Rati Agnihotri and her son Tanuj Virwani in Mumbai caught fire. However, at the time of the incident neither Rati nor Tanuj were at home. A leading daily reached out to the actress and her son who spoke about the fire.
She said, “I just woke up, and got to know about this. I am not in Mumbai, so let me just figure this out.” Later she replied with a text saying, “I am in Poland, and Tanuj is also not in Mumbai. But I got to know that everything is fine there.”
The daily reached out to Tanuj who had been stationed at his farmhouse in Lonavala during the lockdown. He spoke about how he gave access to the firefighters of his house through which they could reach the main place where fire broke out. He said, “There were around 10 people stuck in a penthouse in the A Wing. So the firefighters broke into my house. They broke the main door and a few glasses of my house to access the other apartment. Initially the fire engine that came could only reach out to 8th floor, it was only later that another engine was called. Thankfully everyone was rescued and there were no casualties.”
He also spoke about his mother being put up in Poland. He said, “Well actually she is staying with my masi (aunt). They have opened up their five restaurants there while one is Indian, one is Bollywood themed, there is also one each Chinese, Thai and Japanese restaurants too. So she flew there in March, right before the lockdown and was supposed to be back by June. However, she has a dog with her and she is not getting permission for her pet to travel.”
(Source: Bombay Times)
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