The incident was reported by a citizen at 9.11 am. The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations, kitchen items, and household articles in the bedroom of the ground-plus-45-storey residential building
As a precautionary measure, residents were evacuated and shifted to the refuge area and terrace. Representational pic
A Level-1 fire broke out in a bedroom on the 9th floor of DB Wood Building on Krushna Vatika Road, Gokul Dham in Goregaon East early on Thursday morning, Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) stated in a press release.
The incident was reported by a citizen at 9.11 am. The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations, kitchen items, and household articles in the bedroom of the ground-plus-45-storey residential building.
MFB declared it a Level-1 fire at 9.25 am. Firefighting operations were immediately launched with the help of the building’s fixed fire-fighting system. As a precautionary measure, residents were evacuated and shifted to the refuge area and terrace.
No injuries have been reported so far.
The operation involved an assistant divisional fire officer, two senior station officers, four station officers, four firefighters, four junior firefighters, one assistant water tender operator, one turntable ladder, one hydraulic platform, one heavy rescue fire fighting vehicle, one breakdown van, one quick response vehicle, one water quick response vehicle, and a 108 ambulance.
Apart from MFB, local police, staff from the electricity distribution company, 108 ambulance service, and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) staff were also deployed for the firefighting operation.
The situation was brought under control quickly and the fire was extinguished by 10.17 am. Further cooling operations were underway to ensure that there are no flare-ups.
MFB personnel are investigating the exact cause of the fire.
Massive fire breaks out at Naval Dockyard in south Mumbai
A massive fire broke out inside the Naval Dockyard near Gateway of India in south Mumbai on Thursday night.
According to preliminary information, the blaze started at around 10.15 pm at waste stockyards within the Naval Dockyard premises.
"The blaze was quickly brought under control by Naval fire tenders, who responded swiftly to the incident," a Naval spokesperson said.
Officials confirmed that there were no casualties and no injuries have been reported.
Sources said that the waste stockyards are located diagonally opposite the Gateway of India in Colaba, one of the city’s prominent landmarks.
Following the incident, the Indian Navy officials quickly reached at the site and have launched a firefighting operation.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
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