Around five to seven shanties belonging to a cluster of hutments were partially or fully destroyed around noon on Jarimari Road in Sevak Nagar, Kurla West, on Wednesday. Fortunately, no injuries occurred. Many locals believe that the fire had its origin in a lit diya in one of the homes.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade received an incident report at 12.15 pm and declared the fire to be a level 1 fire at 12.25 pm. Multiple agencies were mobilised to control the fire and tend to victims, including the staff of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai police and Adani Electricity; 108 ambulances were also pressed into service.