Overview
- Authorities said the fire started around 2:10 pm on the first floor of the stilt-plus-18-storey building on S V Road opposite the Andheri Subway.
- The Mumbai Fire Brigade declared a Level-I incident at 2:37 pm and deployed multiple engines, jumbo water tankers, police, ambulance services, electricity staff and BMC ward teams.
- Later assessments reported the blaze confined to electrical wiring in the duct between the first and fourth floors, with heavy smoke affecting corridors and a first-floor gym.
- Officials reported 27 residents evacuated, including nine rescued by ladders from the third and fourth floors and 18 escorted via the staircase.
- A 27-year-old woman was treated for smoke inhalation at Cooper Hospital, power was temporarily shut for safety, and the fire was declared extinguished at about 4:35 pm.