Mumbai: Fire breaks out at high-rise building in Bandra; no casualty

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A fire broke out in the basement of a ground-plus-20-storey building in suburban Bandra, a civic official said. There was no report of any injury, he said.

The blaze erupted around 1.15 pm in the Kanakia building's basement, where various scrap items were kept, near the Kherwadi police station in Bandra (East), a fire official said.

Four fire engines and water tankers were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused after about an hour, he said. An investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the fire, he added.

On November 6, a fire broke out in a 15-storey residential building in suburban Kandivali (West), killing a person and injuring another, officials earlier said. On October 22, 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.

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