Mumbai Fire Spate Triggers Evacuations and Investigations Across City

At Kandivali’s Agarwal Residency on Sunday morning, eight members of the Kothari family were rescued from a second-floor flat and three remain in ICU with smoke inhalation, with officials saying the blaze was confined to wiring and wooden furniture and likely caused by a short circuit under probe. Late Sunday, a Level-II fire at a Bata showroom in Crawford Market was contained after multiple units were deployed, with no injuries reported and an assessment underway into the cause and extent of damage to stored materials. On Monday evening in Ghatkopar, firefighters cleared a 13-storey commercial building after a second-floor office fire was reported at Metropole, with evacuations completed and no injuries; initial accounts cited possible electrical sparks pending confirmation. The clustered incidents follow several recent high-rise and commercial fires across Mumbai, as the city’s fire chief has warned that few buildings file required Form B certificates and electrical audits are often overdue. Separately in Moradabad on Sunday night, a restaurant blaze involving multiple LPG cylinder explosions left one woman dead and several injured, with preliminary findings pointing to wedding fireworks igniting the fire as police and fire officials investigate.