A chemical leak—suspected by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) sources to involve sodium sulphide—in Bhangarwadi near the MIDC Police Station in Andheri East claimed the life of a 20-year-old man and left two others in critical condition on Saturday evening.

The incident, reported at 4.55 pm by the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), occurred inside a ground-plus-one structure. Three people suffered severe suffocation and were rushed to Holy Spirit Hospital.