Overview
- A fire started in the basement storeroom of the Nature's Basket outlet on Hill Road in Bandra West in the early hours of Saturday, prompting an emergency call to the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
- Four Mumbai Fire Brigade tenders reached the scene and entered through smoke using breathing apparatus to fight the fire with hose lines.
- Officials reported no casualties and said the blaze was declared under control and extinguished during the overnight response.
- BMC teams, police, the electricity distributor and civic staff coordinated at the site during the operation, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
- Basement and storeroom fires in mixed-use buildings can produce heavy smoke and hinder entry, so investigators and local authorities will likely review storage, ventilation and safety access as they determine next steps.