Mumbai: 10-year-old girl, woman killed after fire breaks out in Mankhurd area

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A 10-year-old girl and 25-year-old woman were killed after a fire broke out in Mankhurd's Mandala area on Monday, civic authorities said on Tuesday.

According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the fire broke out around 8:20 PM in Janta Nagar, behind the Hanuman Temple in the Mandala locality. Emergency response teams rushed to the spot to douse the flames and rescue those injured.

Among the victims was 25-year-old Farah Khan, who sustained 70 per cent burn injuries. She was initially admitted to Shatabdi Hospital in Govandi but was later shifted to Sion Hospital due to the severity of her condition. She was declared dead at 11:30 PM on April 21.

The second victim, 10-year-old Khushi Khan, was declared dead on arrival.

The total death toll from the incident stands at two. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

Massive fire breaks out in multiple scrap units in Thakur Pada area of Navi Mumbai

In another incident, A massive fire broke out in multiple scrap units in the early hours of April 19 in Thakur Pada area of Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, the civic officials said.

The blaze was reported in scrap units in Irani Masjid, Thakur Pada in Dahisar area of Navi Mumbai, the officials said.

The fire began at around 1:19 am and was reported to the Disaster Management Control Room at approximately 4:15 am, the officials said.

Following the information regarding the blaze several fire engines and officials rushed to the spot to launch a major fire-fighting operation, they said.

The blaze started in a cluster of 25 to 30 temporary scrap units, built using tin sheets, which stored plastic items, tar drums, empty metal drums, compressors, and other scrap materials, an official said.

He said that all of these makeshift structures were completely destroyed in the fire.

Fire brigades from several areas including teams from Koparkhairane, CBD Belapur, Kalamboli, Nerul, Vashi, and Thane rushed to the spot to join the fire-fighting operations, an official said

Each team arrived with either fire engines or high-rise fire-fighting vehicles to launch a rescue and relief operation, the official said.

Due to the intense flames, the fire-fighters conducted a nearly nine-hour operation and finally brought the blaze under control, he said, adding that by around 10:30 am on Saturday the fire was completely extinguished.

"No injuries were reported in the incident," an official said.