Four people died in a fire that broke out in a garment manufacturing unit near Damu Nagar at Kandivali East on Sunday. The bodies were found only after the fire was doused. According to preliminary reports the blaze started in the ground plus one structure because of minor welding work being carried out in it.

The fire that broke out in the afternoon, was doused by the fire brigade around 8.00 pm. Civic officials claimed there was no action against the owner of the unit as it was a protected slum. The blaze broke out in the ground floor of the structure that was spread across 2,400 square feet and it collapsed before fire brigade reached, trapping the four inside.