The Mumbai Fire Brigade is investigating a fire that broke out due to a cylinder blast on the 12th floor of the ground-plus-14-storey Breach Candy Housing Society building on Pedder Road on Saturday night. According to officials, the building’s internal fire-fighting system was not functional.

The fire, which broke out around 10.30 pm, was confined to two flats. It was extinguished after five hours. No casualties were reported though two cylinder blasts occurred in all. The fire brigade rescued a man and woman from the 12th floor and the entire building was vacated as a precautionary measure.