Mumbai: 4-month-old child injured after fire breaks out in Santacruz building

A 4monthold child was injured after a fire broke out at a building in Santacruz area of suburban Mumbai the civic officials said on MondayThe fire erupted on the third floor of a fourstorey building in Mumbais Santacruz area the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC reported on MondayAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC the fire broke out on the third floor of the Kumkum Building located at Khira Nagar SV Road Santacruz West on Monday morningThe incident was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade MFB at 1047 am prompting an immediate response from authorities who rushed to the spot and launched a firefighting operationA girl child who was injured in the incident was shifted to a nearby hospital before the arrival of the officials from Mumbai Fire Brigade The child was shifted to a private clinic and was later discharged said an officialAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC the fire was classified as a Level1 minor fire incident at 1110 am indicating a minor but significant emergency requiring fire brigade interventionThe affected building was a groundplusfourstorey structure and the fire was confined to the third floor said an officialThe fire was extinguished at around 1 pmFire erupts in Byculla highriseMore than 50 people stranded on the upper floors of a 57storey residential building were rescued after a fire broke out in the highrise in south Mumbais Byculla area on Friday morning officials saidThere was no report of casualty in the blaze that erupted around 1045 am on the 42nd floor in one of the twin buildings of Salette 27 on Babasaheb Ambedkar Road an official from the fire brigade saidTeams from the Fire Brigade Mumbai civic utility BEST police 108 ambulance services and other agencies were mobilised immediately an official said adding the cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertainedAfter more than twoandahalf hours of efforts the Fire Brigade doused the blaze on the 42nd floor of the highrise building around 110 pm he informedThey also rescued 50 to 60 people who were stranded on the upper floors of the highrise with the help of the buildings security guards said the officialThe blaze was confined to electric wires furniture and other materials in a 2500squarefoot room on the affected floor The buildings fire fighting system was operational and this helped in controlling the flames in time he addedPlumes of thick black smoke emanating from the partial glass facade of the building were visible from afar