Fire breaks out in Andheri residential building; 33 rescued, none injured

According to officials with the Mumbai’s Fire Brigade (MFB), a level-one fire was reported at 8.51 am at a six-storey building at Saki CHS in Andheri East’s Sakinaka. The fire was completely doused at 10.46 am.

While the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, according to the preliminary reports from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the blaze remained confined to the electric wiring, installation and panel boards of the electric meter cabin on the ground and the first floors of the building.

Civic officials claimed that owing to the dense smoke logged in the staircase as well as the locked terrace, people remained stranded in the building.

The firefighters carried out the rescue operations using an angus ladder and staircase. “Seven people were rescued from the first floor; five women, 2 men, 2 girls and two newborns were rescued from the second floor; and two women, 6 men and 2 boys from the third as well as the fourth floors,” said an officer.