A 64-year-old man was injured after a fire broke out in a flat on the seventh floor of Hans Vallabh building on Ram Mandir Road in Andheri West on Monday morning, November 9. The man suffered suffocation and was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Babasaheb Gawde Charitable Hospital in Vile Parle East. His condition was reported to be stable.
Fire breaks out in room on seventh floor
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) control room, the fire was reported at around 9.05 am. The blaze broke out in Room No. 701 of the stilt-plus-eight-storey residential building.
The fire was confined to the room and damaged electrical wiring and installations, a bed, household articles, a split air conditioner, wooden furniture and documents. The affected area was estimated to be between 500 and 800 square feet.
Injured man admitted to ICU
A 64-year-old resident, identified as Mahesh Mistree, suffered suffocation in the incident. He was admitted to the ICU at Babasaheb Gawde Charitable Hospital for observation. Doctors reported his condition to be stable.
Three major fires erupt in Mumbai on Diwali night; no casualties
Meanwhile, three major fires broke out at separate locations in Mumbai on Diwali night, damaging several huts, shops, a commercial building and a garage, civic officials said on Monday.
No casualties were reported in any of the incidents, they said, adding that firefighters took more than nine hours to extinguish the blaze in the Dongri area.
The fire at Haji Kasam Chawl (row tenement) on Dr Maheshwari Road in Dongri was reported around 10 pm on Sunday. It was initially classified as a Level-I fire and later upgraded to Level-II.
A Level-I fire is generally handled with the initial deployment of firefighting resources, while a Level-II blaze requires additional personnel and equipment.
Several shops and huts were engulfed in the blaze, which spread to electric wiring and installations, wooden furniture, LPG cylinders, chemical drums and tarpaulin sheets, a civic official said.
Firefighters took more than nine hours to bring it under control at 7.23 am on Monday, the official said.
Another Level-II fire was reported at a garage on Marol Military Road near a school in Andheri at 10.51 pm on Sunday. It was extinguished at 3.50 am on Monday, after nearly five hours of hectic operations, the official said.
The third fire broke out at Skyline Vida, a 10-storey commercial building near Jolly Gymkhana in Vidyavihar, at 11.56 pm on Sunday.
The blaze spread from the 7th to the 10th floor. The fire brigade declared it a Level-II fire at 12.52 am on Monday and extinguished it at 5.55 am, after nearly six hours, the official said.
