With the timely response by the fire brigade officials and locals, the fire was doused before it could engulf the entire building. The injured were taken to the hospital.
A fire erupted in the Kanakia Samarpan Tower in Mumbai's Borivali area, resulting in one fatality and three injuries. Details about the cause and extent of the fire are still awaited.
The fire incident took place in a dense market area in Bhindi Bazaar. The fire brigade officials timely reached the site controlling the spread of fire.
The incident took place at around 2 am in Mumbai's Kamathipura area after which fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Nearby mall and high-rise building were vacated to ensure their safety, officials said.
The visual surfaced on social media showed the top floor of the Anmol Tower caught massive fire. A thick smoke over the building was seen from miles away. The concerned officials rushed to the spot to curtail the flame.
When the fire incident took place at the BMC school, it was closed on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Two explosions, probably of cylinders, were heard in the vicinity of the building.
Mumbai fire: The incident was reported from the Navi Mumbai area on Thursday morning. Following the incident, fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fame.
Following the incident, at least eight fire brigade vehicles rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control. The fire was reported from Mumbai's Sakinaka area.
The visuals from the spot showed that the fire broke out at a flat located in the middle of the multi-storey tower. Timely action by the fire official stopped the flames from spreading further.
The officials said passengers were evacuated from the station and two vehicles of the fire brigade rushed to the spot to douse the flame.
The nine people, including five senior citizens, have been admitted to the civic-run KEM Hospital and kept under observation. The blaze had erupted at a 24-storey residential building.
The officials said that operations to douse the flame are underway and that no injuries have been reported so far.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot immediately. The fire broke out on the first floor of the nine-storey building in Mumbai's Kandivali West area.
Following the incident, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited the site of the fire and also met some of the injured in the hospital. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the kin of each of the deceased.
Mumbai fire: The railway staff is present at the spot to control the situation.
Mumbai fire: It was a 'level-two' (major) fire, he added. After the incident, a boy was rushed to Shatabdi hospital where he was declared brought dead, the official said.
Mumbai fire: At least four to five units located on the ground floors of two adjacent two-storey buildings in Ashok Mill compound were affected by the blaze which erupted at around noon, official said.
Mumbai fire: The fire brigade received a call at around 12.30 pm about the blaze in a flat on the seventh floor of Om Shiv Shakti housing society on MA Road in Sion Koliwada area.
Mumbai Fire: According to reports, the fire erupted at around 8:15 pm in the building which was located on the busy junction of Abdul Rahman Street and Janjikar Street near Jama Masjid.
Several fire tenders are at the spot trying to control the blaze at One Avighna Park housing society.
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