A Level-II fire at a scrap material godown in Abdu Rashid Compound on Khairani Road, Sakinaka, injured four people on Tuesday evening, with one of them suffering burns over 80 per cent of the body, according to information received from Rajawadi Hospital. All four injured people are undergoing treatment.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade received the incident report at 6.18 pm and declared it a Level-II fire at 6.37 pm. Fire brigade personnel, police, Adani staff, a 108 ambulance and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ward staff were mobilised to respond to the incident.
The injured were identified as Taufiq Shadil Qureshi, 20, who suffered 80 per cent burns; Jahid Abidulla Qureshi, 20, and Kamal Jalauddin Shah, 47, who each suffered 40 per cent burns; and Lalchand Ramlakhan Gautam, 40, who suffered 10 per cent burns. The burn percentages were provided in the information received from Rajawadi Hospital.
The godown is located in the Khairani Road industrial area of Sakinaka in Andheri East, where scrap and other commercial activities operate within a dense urban setting. The response involved multiple agencies, including emergency medical services and civic ward staff, alongside the fire brigade and police.
The cause of the fire and further details about the circumstances inside the godown were not available in the initial report. The condition of the injured remained under treatment at Rajawadi Hospital, with further details awaited.
The Sakinaka incident was one of several fire-related calls reported in the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a Level-I fire was reported at Amar Sons Store on Bhulabhai Desai Road near Breach Candy Hospital in Mahalaxmi. The Mumbai Fire Brigade received that report at about 8.01 am and declared it a Level-I fire call at 8.20 am. No injuries were reported in the latest update on that incident.
A separate minor fire was also reported in the electric fuse board inside a Tata company truck near Mumbra Bridge at Y Junction in Mumbra, Thane, at 2.12 am. Firefighters from Shil Fire Station reached the spot with one fire engine and extinguished the fire with assistance from local residents. The truck was empty and travelling from Mumbra Bridge towards Shilphata when the incident occurred, and no injuries were reported.
For the Sakinaka fire, the immediate official response has focused on treating the four injured people and managing the incident site. Further information on the cause of the fire and the condition of those receiving treatment is awaited.
