Mumbai Fire

As many as 14 people were rescued after a fire broke out on the 14th floor of a building 'Dheeraj Savera' in Mumbai's Borivali on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

The blaze erupted around 7 am in Sachinam Heights building located opposite Bhatia Hospital at Gowalia Tank, when many of its residents were still asleep

A 30-year-old security guard fell to his death from a balcony on the 19th floor of a 61-storey residential building in central Mumbai after a major fire broke out there on Friday, officials said. A video of the tragic incident, showing the man precariously holding onto the railing of the balcony just before falling, went viral. The Fire Brigade rescued sixteen other stranded persons. The blaze erupted on the 19th floor of the 'One Avighna Park' building in Currey Road area shortly before noon. The cause was suspected to be a short circuit inside a flat but this was yet to be confirmed, officials said. Inquiry would be conducted into the incident, said Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal who alongwith Mayor Kishori Pednekar visited the spot. The flames spread from the 19th floor to the 20th before being doused after five hours. As many as 16 fire engines, nine water tankers and two ladders were pressed into service, a fire brigade official said. "After the fire broke

Thackeray said the fire did not break out in the hospital, but at some office or shop situated below it

Confusion continues to persist over the death toll in the Dreams Mall fire incident at Mumbai's Bhandup area. While BMC said 6 people had died, the Chief Fire Officer said the toll has gone up to 9

The fire broke out on the fifth floor and spread to the sixth floor of Shriji Tower on Rajawadi Road around 5.42 pm, the official said

Over 14,000 buildings in Mumbai are at risk of collapsing

For the first-time, a newly-introduced robot, Robofire, was used to control the blaze, the official said

Eight fire engines were pressed into services to bring the blaze under control

The fire brigade team rescued six people from the floor and admitted them to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital

The 16-storey building is located in suburban Tilak Nagar, where a search and rescue operation by the Mumbai Fire Brigade is underway

The fire broke out in the government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri on Monday

The fire broke out in the government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri Monday, killing six people that day

A fire broke out at a high-end shopping centre on the ground floor of the Trident Hotel in south Mumbai at 11.04 pm on Wednesday

The fire which broke out on Monday injured over 150, mostly patients and staff

The fire erupted at an electric box in ESIC Hospital premises at 7.54 pm

Nearly 375 people, including patients and visitors, were in the five-floor hospital when the fire broke out

Eight people were killed and nearly 176 others injured in the blaze in the government's ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in Andheri

Eight people, including a six-month-old girl, were killed in the blaze in the government hospital Monday

A massive fire broke out at ESIC Kamgar hospital on Monday injuring more than 100 people