Three passengers of IndiGo airlines died when two floors of Hotel Galaxy in Santacruz East, where they were put up due to a delayed flight, caught fire on Sunday. Two other passengers of the airline at the hotel were rushed to a hospital due to anxiety. Four other people including a hotel employee were rescued. The Fire Brigade will probe if the hotel had taken measures for fire-fighting. The five passengers were on their way to Nairobi from Ahmedabad with a connecting flight from Mumbai.

The five passengers were on their way to Nairobi from Ahmedabad with a connecting flight from Mumbai. “Their families in Nairobi as well as Kutch where they all hail from, have been alerted,” said Bharat Karane, a resident of Mumbai from Kutch, who knew them. He said IndiGo had put them up at Hotel Galaxy as their flight was delayed. A senior officer from Vakola police station confirmed the five were IndiGo passengers.