A fire broke out during a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election campaign rally in Lower Parel on Saturday evening after two party workers allegedly burst aerial firecrackers in violation of permission conditions, damaging parts of three residential homes, police said.

The incident occurred around 6.30 pm when a campaign rally of Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Kishori Kishor Pednekar was passing by the Govardhan Building on NM Joshi Marg in central Mumbai. The rally, organised by Ramchandra Krishna Yesade, had been granted prior permission with written conditions and was attended by around 100 to 150 workers, police said.