The blaze was confined to the ground-floor shops and huts, the officials said
The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) declared the fire as Level-ll blaze. Representational Pic/File
A fire broke out on Sunday evening at multiple shops and huts in Goregaon east area of Mumbai, the civic officials said, adding that the relief and rescue operations underway.
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According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the fire broke out in multiple shops and huts in Filmcity Road area near Ratnagiri Hotel and Wagheshwari Temple in Goregaon East.
The blaze was confined to the ground-floor shops and huts, it said.
The officials said that the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) had initially declared the fire as Level-I (minor) at 7:08 pm, and then escalated it to Level-II (moderate) at 7:15 pm due to the intensity of the fire at the affected area.
The civic body said that the fire was confined to the ground-floor area in the affected place.
Emergency teams, including the MFB, Police, Ward Staff, and 108 Ambulance, have been mobilised to the scene.
As of now, no injuries have been reported, and the civic officials are continuing to control the situation.
Fire breaks out at building in Andheri, three injured
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a fire broke out in a building in Mumbai's Andheri area, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reported on Sunday. Three people sustained injuries in the incident.
According to the BMC, the fire broke out at Sher-E-Punjab Society near Takshila Gurudwara in Andheri East during the early hours of Sunday. The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) received a distress call at 12:35 AM and promptly rushed to the scene.
According to officials, the fire originated from a heavily leaking Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supply pipeline of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL), which runs through the middle of the road. The flames quickly spread, engulfing two moving vehicles — a two-wheeler and an autorickshaw — before being brought under control. Firefighters managed to douse the blaze by 1:34 AM.
Three individuals sustained burn injuries in the incident and were rushed to the Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Centre for treatment. They have been identified as Arvindkumar Kaithal, 21, a two-wheeler rider who suffered 30-40 per cent burn injuries; Aman Harishankar Saroj, 22, another two-wheeler rider with 40-50 per cent burn injuries; and Suresh Kailas Gupta, 52, the autorickshaw driver who sustained 20 per cent burns below the waist.
All three individuals were admitted to the hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), the officials said.
