Mumbai: Two firemen injured after manufacturing unit catches fire in Marol

At least two firemen were injured in firefighting operations at a closed manufacturing unit in Mumbai’s Marol area late Sunday.

According to reports, the fire started at 1 am in a ground-plus-one storey manufacturing unit where electrical wiring, moulding machines, boilers and other plastic material were stored. “It took around four hours to douse the flames after eight fire engines, six water tankers and ambulances were deployed,” a fire official told DNA.

Two firemen sustained minor burn injuries and have been admitted to Cooper Hospital in Juhu. They have been identified as Jagdish Hangar (32) and Vilash Chhari (53).

Mumbai has witnessed several fire incidents since December 29, when a Level 4 fire caused by charcoal in a hookah killed 14 people attending a birthday party at 1Above, a club in Kamala Mills Lower Parel. Following this, incidents in Marol, Lower Parel, Kanjurmarg and South Mumbai, and neighbouring have been reported with an additional count of five fatalities. 

The final fire in Thane which took place on Friday saw fire rise from the fourth floor of a high rise and go up to the 26th floor of the building in Hari Nivas Circle. Fire officials evacuated over 150 people in that incident, and no fatalities were reported.