Mumbai: A fire broke out in a six storey building in Mulund area. According to the information received, the fire was reported at 11.40 am. No injuries were reported, stated officials.
As per the information received from the fire official, the blaze was on the fourth floor of the building. The fire erupted in flat number 41, where a teenager was alone in the house and his parents had gone out for some work. While he was having a bath he realised that smoke had covered the entire flat. So he immediately ran out of the house and saved his life. The entire flat has been burned completely in the fire. The fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installations, Air conditioner units, furniture and household items etc.
Five fire tenders had rushed to the spot to douse the blaze which was extinguished by 12pm.
Visuals of the fire surfaced on social media wherein onlookers had gathered around the incident site while firefighters continued their efforts to douse the blaze.
The fire officials successfully evacuated 30 to 40 residents out of the building and extinguished the fire within an hour by 12.10 pm. No injuries were reported in the incident. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained. The fire officials will carry out the further investigation, said D.M. Patil, a senior fire official of Mulund fire station.
Delhi's Sarojini Nagar fire
In an unrelated incident, four garment shops were gutted in a massive fire in the Babu market in Delhi's Sarojini Nagar late Monday night, officials said.
A total of five fire tenders reached the spot.
However, no injuries were reported. The fire was brought under control soon after.
"Four garment shops gutted in Babu market fire in Sarojini Nagar last night. Fire doused," the officials said.
With agency inputs
