Nine people suffered from suffocation after a fire broke out in a 24-storey residential building in Byculla area of Mumbai. The fire broke out in the 3rd floor of a high-rise G+24 building in the wee hours of Thursday.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) responded swiftly to a Level-I fire incident reported at MHADA Colony, Building No-3C wing, located on Rambhaou Bhogle Marg, New Hind Mill Compound, Ghodapdev Byculla. The incident was reported at 03:43 hrs and was declared Level-I by MFB at 04:09 hrs.