Four separate fire incidents within hours of each other left emergency services in Mumbai and Thane busy through Friday night and Saturday morning. While a blaze in a Ghatkopar high-rise left three people injured, a scrap shop caught fire in Mankhurd. In Thane, a police vehicle went up in flames, and two auto rickshaws caught fire in separate incidents.

The first and most serious incident was reported around 8 pm on Friday at Royal Altezza, on the 23rd floor of a ground-plus-25-storey residential building on in Pantnagar, Ghatkopar East. The fire was classified as a Level-II fire at 8.52 pm. At least eight fire engines were deployed, and the entire building was evacuated.