Nine people, including three minors, were injured after a fire broke out in a 13-storey residential building in Kurla West, Mumbai, on Tuesday morning, with the blaze confined to electrical wiring, installations inside electrical ducts and iron doors on multiple floors, civic officials said.
The fire was reported at 6.53 a.m. at Building No. 5 of Kohinoor HDIL, near Kohinoor School in Kurla West, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The Mumbai Fire Brigade extinguished it at 7.21 a.m., 28 minutes after it was reported.
Eight of the injured residents suffered smoke inhalation, while one sustained an injury to his right leg. All nine were taken to Rajawadi Hospital, where authorities said they were stable and undergoing treatment.
The patients admitted for smoke-related complications were identified as Eshan Ahemad, 30; Mohamad Shaik, 5; Farina Bono, 27; Ejas Ahemad, 65; Farin Shaikh, 18; Naidaya Shaik, 14; Kalima Saha, 45; and Alina Shaik, 17. Jahed Ali Shaik, 55, was admitted with an injury to his right leg.
The fire brigade initially reported that nine people had suffered suffocation. Hospital authorities subsequently clarified that eight patients were treated for smoke-related complications and that the ninth had a leg injury.
Fire brigade personnel reached the building along with police personnel, electricity distribution company officials, ambulance services and BMC ward staff. Officials said the fire was restricted to electrical wiring, installations within electrical ducts and iron doors on multiple floors of the ground-plus-12-storey building.
The incident again placed electrical systems and smoke conditions inside multi-storey residential buildings at the centre of an emergency response, although officials have not established the exact cause of the fire. The available civic account does not indicate that the main structural areas of the building caught fire.
The building’s configuration and the presence of electrical installations across multiple floors required the fire service to respond within a densely occupied residential setting. The involvement of ambulance services, the police, the electricity distribution company and BMC ward staff reflects the multi-agency response used during building fires in Mumbai.
The fire was brought under control within the same morning, and the injured residents remained stable at the time of the hospital update. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be established.
