Overview

• Municipal officials said a 40-year-old patient died Tuesday morning, raising fatalities from Sunday’s blaze at New Janakalyan Society in Dahisar East to two.
• Authorities now count 54 injured in total, with 21 still hospitalised and one in critical condition after heavy smoke spread through the 23-storey tower.
• Preliminary findings indicate the fire began in the basement meter room and travelled upward through the building’s electrical duct, filling upper floors with smoke.
• The Mumbai Fire Brigade reported the in-building firefighting system was not working and said it will issue a notice under the state fire-safety law following inspections.
• Firefighters escalated the incident to Level-II, deployed multiple engines and high-rise platforms, rescued about 36 residents, and fully extinguished the blaze by 6:10 pm.