Overview

• Firefighters received the alert around 4:15 am at Machhimar Nagar and brought the blaze under control by roughly 4:30–4:35 am after a rapid multi‑agency response.
• Authorities said flames were confined to a roughly 10×10 ft area of wiring, electrical installations, three EV batteries and household items inside a one‑plus‑one structure.
• Fifteen‑year‑old Yash Vitthal Khot was declared dead at St George Hospital, while Devendra Choudhary remains in ICU and Viraj Khot and Sangram Kurne are reported stable.
• Police have cordoned the site and called in forensic teams, with the cause under formal investigation following initial indications of an electrical origin.
• In separate weekend incidents, a Thane chawl slab collapse injured two and led to six flats being sealed, a Worli chawl fire tied to a meter‑room short circuit caused no injuries, and a Borivli shop blaze linked to a Diwali rocket gutted three shops as a Malad godown fire was tackled as a Level‑2 incident without casualties.