Overview
- The incident was reported around 4:55 pm inside a ground‑plus‑one structure in Bhangarwadi, Andheri East, where three people collapsed after inhaling fumes.
- Victims were identified as Ahmad Hussain, 20, who was declared dead on arrival, and Naushad Ansari, 28, and Saba Shaikh, 17, who remain in the ICU at Holy Spirit Hospital.
- The Mumbai Fire Brigade conducted search and containment operations as the area was secured, with the NDRF placed on alert.
- Authorities have not yet confirmed the substance involved; some reports citing NDRF sources point to sodium sulphide, which remains unverified.
- Police registered an accidental death report and launched a probe, with Hussain’s body sent to Cooper Hospital for post‑mortem and local accounts linking the mishap to scrap‑cleaning chemicals.