A massive fire broke out in a closed house in R A Residency, Dadar (East) on January 26 around 8:30 pm in a 46-storey high-rise building located on Babasaheb Ambedkar Marg, on the 42nd floor. The fire had attained level-4 status. The fire was extinguished in the wee hours of Friday after more than seven hours of efforts, officials said.
A video was uploaded of the same on Twitter by social activist and RTI activist Raj Maji.
The fire broke out on the 42nd floor of the 44-storey R A Residency building in Mumbai's Dadar East area. Efforts are on to extinguish the fire. pic.twitter.com/e2HvyEE8ck
— ℝ𝕒𝕛 𝕄𝕒𝕛𝕚 (@Rajmajiofficial) January 26, 2023
Last night, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) confirmed the same by giving out information on Twitter.
दादर (पूर्व) येथे डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर मार्ग स्थित आरए रेसिडेन्सी या ४६ मजली उंच इमारतीत, ४२ व्या मजल्यावर एका बंद घरात रात्री साडेआठ वाजेच्या सुमारास आग लागल्याची माहिती प्राप्त झाली. सदर आगीने लेव्हल-4 स्वरूप धारण केले आहे. आग विझविण्याचे काम मुंबई अग्निशमन दलाकडून सुरू आहे.
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) January 26, 2023
त्यासाठी प्रमुख अग्निशमन अधिकारी यांचेसह अग्निशमन वाहने, रुग्णवाहिका आदी आवश्यक सर्व कुमक तैनात आहे. प्रथमदर्शनी वृत्तानुसार आगीच्या या घटनेत कोणालाही इजा झालेली नाही.#MyBMCUpdates
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) January 26, 2023
"The fire was doused by the Mumbai fire brigade by around 3.50am, after more than seven hours of efforts. No casualties were reported in the incident," a civic official said.
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The fire attained level-4 status (major fire), he said, adding that at least 16 fire engines, along with other equipment were involved in the firefighting operation.
"The fire was confined to the electric fittings in the affected flat located on the 42nd floor. Although a short circuit is suspected to be the primary cause of the fire, the exact reason behind it is yet to be known," the official said.
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