"I know what it feels when a disaster like this happens just before a wedding. Marriage preparations take at least a year during which parents take loans to make the marriage a success. My parents too did not have any money to pay for my marriage expenses. Thus, I decided to do my bit so that the girl's marriage plans are not shelved due to this fire incident," Kshirsagar told reporters here today.
The resident, Priyanka Pol (24), said that jewellery collected by her father after years of hard work was wiped out after the fire incident and that the monetary help would ensure that her marriage concludes as originally scheduled.
"My father, who had collected jewellery over years for my marriage has gone missing after the building crumbled. Apart from that, expensive clothes for marriage, including those given to my in-laws were all burnt. I will remain indebted to Bhimrao Kshirsagarji for helping us with the money," Pol said.
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A major fire had erupted in a commercial as well as residential building in the busy Kalbadevi area of South Mumbai on Saturday which led to the dilapidated structure crumbling, since it could not bear the force of fire brigade water jets.
Four fire officials got trapped in the rubble.