4 days ago
Mumbai Reports Dharavi Injuries and Lamington Road Godown Blaze
Two separate fires were reported in Mumbai.
The first happened in a residential building in Dharavi.
An LPG cylinder caught fire, and four people, including two children, were hurt.
Local people put out that fire before firefighters arrived.
The injured people were taken to Sion Hospital and were stable.
The second fire happened in a large godown on Lamington Road.
It involved electrical equipment and lithium batteries and took several hours to put out.
Nobody was injured in the second fire, and officials are still investigating its cause.
Four residents, including two children, were injured in a Dharavi structure fire involving an LPG cylinder.
The Dharavi fire was extinguished by local residents before the Mumbai Fire Brigade arrived.
The injured were taken to Sion Hospital and were reported to be in stable condition.
A separate level II fire broke out in a 7,000-square-foot godown at Lamington Road.
The Lamington Road blaze damaged wiring, electrical installations and lithium-battery stock; no injuries were reported.
- Who
- Four Dharavi residents were injured; Mumbai firefighters and local residents responded to the incidents.
- What
- Two fires occurred: an LPG-cylinder fire in Dharavi and a major godown fire on Lamington Road.
- Where
- The incidents occurred in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar near Rajiv Gandhi Sports Club, Dharavi, and at Saraswati Bhavan on Lamington Road.
- When
- The Dharavi fire was reported on Sunday, while the Lamington Road fire began late Saturday night and was extinguished at 9:02 am.
- Why
- The Dharavi fire was confined to a Bharat Gas LPG cylinder; the cause of the Lamington Road fire remains undetermined.
Key facts
- Dharavi injuries
- Poonam Jaiswal, Rohan Gupta, Rudra Gupta and Parvati Gandhari suffered burn injuries.
- Injury severity
- Reported burns were 30%, 5%, 8% and 15%, respectively.
- Dharavi response
- Local residents extinguished the fire before the Mumbai Fire Brigade arrived.
- Hospital
- All four injured people were admitted to Sion Hospital in stable condition.
- Godown size
- The Lamington Road godown covered approximately 7,000 square feet.
- Fire classification
- The Lamington Road blaze was declared a level II fire at 12:40 am.
- Reported damage
- The fire affected electrical wiring, electrical installations and lithium-battery stock; part of the loft collapsed or was considered potentially unsafe.
Quotes
Mumbai disaster management cell
Municipal disaster management officials reporting on the Dharavi fire
“Some portion of loft had collapsed and some portion likely to be in collapsible condition.”
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“The fire was confined to an LPG cylinder of Bharat Gas.”
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