A major fire broke out in a seven-storey commercial building in Lower Parel area on Friday, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials.
The fire broke out in the Times Tower building in Kamala Mill compound of Lower Parel area around 6.29 am, the civic body officials said.
Fire broke out at Times Tower in Kamala Mills, Lower Parel, earlier this morning. The blaze was categorized as a Level 2 fire, prompting a swift response from emergency services. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported so far.#LowerParel #Fire #MumbaiNews pic.twitter.com/dDV7NrecC8
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The fire brigade has declared it a level 2 (major) fire and sent eight fire engines and other fire fighting vehicles to the Times Tower building, the officials said.
There is no report of any casualty so far, the BMC officials added. More details awaited.
Three labourers killed, three injured in slab collapse at under-construction building
Three labourers were killed and as many injured after a portion of a slab at an under-construction building collapsed here on Thursday, civic officials said.
The incident occurred around 12.10 pm at Govind Nagar of Malad (East) in the western suburbs of Mumbai.
A portion of the 20th-floor slab of the 23-storey Navjeevan building collapsed, said an official.
The high-rise is being constructed on Haji Bapu Road as a saleable wing of an SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) project by Right Channel Private Limited, a senior civic official told PTI.
Two purported videos of the incident surfaced on social media. In one of the clips, a labourer can be seen plunging on construction material on the ground and a few people trying to lift him. The second video shows some people visibly shaken apparently after a narrow escape, reported PTI.
The green safety net at the site also tore under the weight of the slab rubble.
The senior civic official said they immediately informed SRA authorities after the incident.
Officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said six people were injured due to the slab collapse and they were rushed to the nearby civic-run MW Desai Hospital.
However, doctors at the hospital declared three of them dead. The deceased workers have been identified as Gopal Banika Modi (32), Sohan Jachil Rotha (26) and Vinod Keshav Sadar (26).
Of the injured labourers, Rupsan Bhadra Mamin (30) is in the ICU of Desai hospital and his condition is stable, while Jalil Rahim Shaikh (45) is in the orthopaedic ward. The third worker, Mohmmad Salamuddin Shaikh (30), has been shifted to the civic-run Cooper Hospital, BMC officials said.
