Mumbai: Blaze erupts at industrial estate in Parel; none hurt

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A fire broke out at an industrial estate in the Lower Parel area of central Mumbai on Monday afternoon, reported PTI. No casualties were borne in the incident, a civic official said.

The blaze erupted in a shop on the third floor of the Shah and Nahar industrial estate in Sun Mill compound around 1.15 pm, the PTI report said citing an official.

There is no report of any injury to anyone, he said.

Firefighting is underway with four fire engines and other vehicles of the fire brigade at the spot,another official said reported PTI.

The Mumbai fire brigade, Mumbai police, a 108 ambulance, BEST power wing, and the local civic ward staff were quickly mobilised at the spot, the official said.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. Further details are awaited.

Mumbai: Fire breaks out in Byculla high-rise, extinguished after 3 hours

A 57-year-old man was injured while 25 to 30 persons were rescued after a fire broke out in a 62-storey residential building in south Mumbai's Byculla area around midnight, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Sunday.

The blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor of the Monte South building's A wing in the Khatao Mill Compound in Byculla at 11.42 pm on Saturday, the civic body said, adding smoke filled the entire floor.

Some persons were stranded on the upper floors of the building.

The officials said 25 to 30 persons were rescued through the staircase.

A man, identified as Pandurang Shinde, was injured, the BMC said.

It was a "level-2" blaze which was confined to the electric wiring and installations, wooden furniture, household articles, wardrobe, mattresses, wooden beds, sofas, curtains, electronic appliances, false ceilings, doors, windows and modular kitchen of the 10th floor flat and curtains, window glass, etc of an apartment on the 11th floor, the official said.

Eight water tankers and six fire engines were rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that four hose lines and nine motor pumps were in operation.

The blaze was extinguished at 2.45 am, he said.

While firefighting, an explosion of a refrigerator compressor occurred in the kitchen of the 10th floor flat, he said.

The cause of the fire was not yet known. There were reports that the blaze erupted after suspected short-circuit in one of the flats on the 10th floor of the tower.

Meanwhile, a fire broke out in a building in Mumbai's Tardeo area in the early hours of Saturday. No one was injured in the incident as it occurred after working hours.

The fire started around 9 pm in one of the units at Patthe Bapurao Marg in Tardeo. There are several industrial units in the area. The Mumbai Fire Brigade sent five engines to the spot. Fire was confined on the first floor of a ground plus upper one storey structure.