A fire broke out at One Avighna Park near Currey Road station on Thursday, the second such incident in the plush skyscraper in the past 14 months. It took about three hours for the fire brigade to douse the blaze that engulfed a flat in the B wing. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, said officials. In last year’s fire at the 61-storey structure, a security guard had lost his life.
 
V N Sangale, assistant divisional fire officer of the Mumbai Fire Brigade told mid-day, “The fire was reported in flat no. 2202 at 10.45 am. It was locked as the woman living there went outside around 10 am. Using the building’s internal firefighting system and the fire brigade’s  apparatus, the fire was doused.”

Sangale said the firefighters broke open the door but encountered thick black smoke. “Thick smoke is the worst obstacle to dousing a fire,” he said. The official said 60-70 people were moved to a refuge floor in another wing.  The fire affected a small part of flat number 2302 on the 23rd floor.