Many residents, including women and newborn babies were stranded due to a fire in the meter box on the ground floor of a building in Sakinaka. The fire broke out on Saturday morning and was doused after two hours. All the residents were rescued safely. A total of 33 persons including 11 women, six children and 16 men were rescued by locals and Mumbai Fire Brigade.

The fire started in a meter box at the entrance of six-storey Saki Society in D’souza compound, 90 feet road in Kurla at 8.45 am. The fire brigade sent four to six vehicles to the spot. The vehicles faced issues as rickshaw and four wheelers were parked on both sides of the road outside the society. “The fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, electric panel boards etc in the electric meter cabin on the ground floor and first floor. People were stranded in the building due to the fire on the ground and first floor,” said an official from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.