Mumbai: Blaze erupts at industrial estate in Parel; none hurt

A fire broke out at an industrial estate in the Lower Parel area of central Mumbai on Monday afternoon reported PTI No casualties were borne in the incident a civic official saidThe blaze erupted in a shop on the third floor of the Shah and Nahar industrial estate in Sun Mill compound around 115 pm the PTI report said citing an officialThere is no report of any injury to anyone he saidFirefighting is underway with four fire engines and other vehicles of the fire brigade at the spotanother official said reported PTIThe Mumbai fire brigade Mumbai police a 108 ambulance BEST power wing and the local civic ward staff were quickly mobilised at the spot the official saidThe cause of the fire is not yet known Further details are awaitedMumbai Fire breaks out in Byculla highrise extinguished after 3 hoursA 57yearold man was injured while 25 to 30 persons were rescued after a fire broke out in a 62storey residential building in south Mumbais Byculla area around midnight the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said on SundayThe blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor of the Monte South buildings A wing in the Khatao Mill Compound in Byculla at 1142 pm on Saturday the civic body said adding smoke filled the entire floorSome persons were stranded on the upper floors of the buildingThe officials said 25 to 30 persons were rescued through the staircaseA man identified as Pandurang Shinde was injured the BMC saidIt was a level2 blaze which was confined to the electric wiring and installations wooden furniture household articles wardrobe mattresses wooden beds sofas curtains electronic appliances false ceilings doors windows and modular kitchen of the 10th floor flat and curtains window glass etc of an apartment on the 11th floor the official saidEight water tankers and six fire engines were rushed to the spot the official said adding that four hose lines and nine motor pumps were in operationThe blaze was extinguished at 245 am he saidWhile firefighting an explosion of a refrigerator compressor occurred in the kitchen of the 10th floor flat he saidThe cause of the fire was not yet known There were reports that the blaze erupted after suspected shortcircuit in one of the flats on the 10th floor of the towerMeanwhile a fire broke out in a building in Mumbais Tardeo area in the early hours of Saturday No one was injured in the incident as it occurred after working hoursThe fire started around 9 pm in one of the units at Patthe Bapurao Marg in Tardeo There are several industrial units in the area The Mumbai Fire Brigade sent five engines to the spot Fire was confined on the first floor of a ground plus upper one storey structure