Overview
- At Kandivali’s Agarwal Residency on Sunday morning, eight members of the Kothari family were rescued from a second-floor flat and three remain in ICU with smoke inhalation, with officials saying the blaze was confined to wiring and wooden furniture and likely caused by a short circuit under probe.
- Late Sunday, a Level-II fire at a Bata showroom in Crawford Market was contained after multiple units were deployed, with no injuries reported and an assessment underway into the cause and extent of damage to stored materials.
- On Monday evening in Ghatkopar, firefighters cleared a 13-storey commercial building after a second-floor office fire was reported at Metropole, with evacuations completed and no injuries; initial accounts cited possible electrical sparks pending confirmation.
- The clustered incidents follow several recent high-rise and commercial fires across Mumbai, as the city’s fire chief has warned that few buildings file required Form B certificates and electrical audits are often overdue.
- Separately in Moradabad on Sunday night, a restaurant blaze involving multiple LPG cylinder explosions left one woman dead and several injured, with preliminary findings pointing to wedding fireworks igniting the fire as police and fire officials investigate.