Overview
- The fire broke out at the Atlantic Building on Sherly Rajan Road and was reported late Wednesday night, with crews declaring a Level-I incident before extinguishing the blaze within hours.
- A resident, 64-year-old Azim Barodawala, was brought to Bandra Bhabha Hospital and declared dead after the seventh-floor flats were engulfed by flames.
- Two Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel were treated at the same hospital for suffocation and other injuries and have been described as stable.
- Officials say the fire was confined to Rooms 701–702 and appears to have involved electric wiring, electrical fittings and household articles.
- A video of the flames circulated on X by local page Bandra Buzz and investigators from the fire brigade, police and BMC are probing the cause while neighbours and rescued residents cope with the loss.