{
  "id": 1480018,
  "title": "29 rescued after fire breaks out at Mumbai’s Aayakar Bhavan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/29-rescued-after-fire-breaks-out-at-mumbais-aayakar-bhavan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/fire-breaks-out-at-mumbais-aayakar-bhavan/article71356260.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nRescue 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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "summary": "The fire was confined to the basement and ground floor of the 7-floor structure.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Fire breaks out in basement of Mumbai's Income Tax office 'Aayakar Bhavan'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/fire-breaks-out-in-basement-of-mumbais-income-tax-office-aayakar",
        "published": "2026-08-17T10:39:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Fire breaks out at Mumbai’s Aayakar Bhavan, several feared trapped",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/fire-breaks-out-at-mumbais-aayakar-bhavan-several-feared-trapped",
        "published": "2026-08-17T11:44:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}