Overview
- The blaze broke out in the early hours of Saturday near Jangid Estate in the Pleasant Park area of Mira Road (East) in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- Massive flames and thick black smoke were visible from several hundred metres away, with widely shared videos recorded from roughly 400 to 500 metres.
- Fire brigade and police teams rushed to the scene and conducted multi-hour operations to bring the fire under control.
- Police cordoned off the area to keep people at a safe distance and to give fire tenders clear access, while officials began assessing property damage.
- Coverage also noted a separate recent fire in Bhiwandi at a locked, dilapidated building storing scrap materials, where no injuries were reported.