29 rescued after fire breaks out at Mumbai’s Aayakar Bhavan
The fire was confined to the basement and ground floor of the 7-floor structure.
Around 2 p.m., a fire erupted at Aayakar Bhavan, a seven-story building on Maharshi Karve Road in Churchgate, Mumbai. The building's basement and ground floor were engulfed in flames. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) classified the incident as a Level 2 fire.
Rescue operations were swiftly initiated. Fifteen individuals were successfully evacuated from the first, second and third floors, using the staircase. Another five to six people were rescued using the first-floor and Angus ladders. The turntable ladder (TTL) was employed to bring down eight people who had taken refuge on the terrace.
The fire's cause remains under investigation. It is believed to have spread through electric wiring, installations, stored records, scrap materials, discarded records, paper stock, wooden partitions, and other flammable items. Police, Income Tax officials, and security personnel are working to determine if anyone is still missing or injured.
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