Mumbai: 4 injured after massive fire breaks out due to gas leakage in Andheri

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Atleast four people were injured after a massive fire broke out due to gas leakage in Andheri area of Mumbai, the officials said on Friday.

The civic officials said that a fire incident was reported due to a gas pipeline leakage near Juhu Oceanus building on A B Nair road, opposite Juhu Post Office in Andheri (West).

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The blaze was reported to the civic authorities at around 11:56 am on Friday. The incident prompted swift action from emergency services including the Mumbai Fire Brigade and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, the civic officials said.

According to civic body, the fire is suspected to have originated due to a leakage in the MGL gas pipeline. It engulfed 2 to 3 shops in the vicinity.

The MGL staff curtailed the gas leak, while the Mumbai Fire Brigade's (MFB) rapid response led to the extinguishing of the flames by 12:18 pm, averting further escalation of the situation, an official said.

The incident resulted in injuries to as many as four people.

The injured were identified as Narsimha Fagilla, 50, Wazir Hussain, 30, Shantilal Chaudhary, 24, and Asif Hussain, 30. All four sustained burn injuries and were rushed to Cooper Hospital, the official said.

The doctors at the hospital have informed the civic body that their condition is said to be stable.

Fire destroys 3 shops in Thane

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a fire broke out in one of the shops on a roadside in Thane city, Maharashtra, early Tuesday morning, destroying three shops. The incident fortunately resulted in no injuries, according to Yasin Tadvi, the chief of Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell.

The fire began at 12:50 am in a shop in the Kolshet neighbourhood and swiftly spread to two adjoining companies, including a tea stand, a salon and a shop selling bedding items, reported PTI.

According to the PTI report, local firefighters and the regional emergency management cell team responded quickly to the event. They were able to extinguish the fire by about 2 am.

Although the cause of the fire is still being investigated, it is important to note that two cooking gas cylinders were safely removed from the tea stand, preventing any potential explosions.

(with PTI inputs)