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'Red heat from AC saved me from fire'
Updated On: 18 August, 2009 07:11 AM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon
Emirates VP escapes disaster when his apartment caught fire gutting it in entirety
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Emirates VP escapes disaster when his u00a0apartment caught fire gutting it in entirety
At 7.30 am yesterday, residents of the 20-storey El Palazzo Apartments at Malabar Hill woke up to thick smoke bellowing out of an apartment on the sixth floor.
In there, fast asleep, was Orhan Abbas (35), VP, Emirates Airlines. His driver and cook were in the servants' room.
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According to Sub-inspector T P Dewoolkar of Malabar Hill police station, Orhan, who is from the UAE, said he returned to India after a month's vacation in Dubai at 3.30 am on Monday and headed straight to his apartment at El Palazzo.
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