Fire breaks out in AC unit at Forest Minister Ganesh Naik's Mumbai bungalow, no injuries

A fire broke out on Wednesday, November 11, at the south Mumbai bungalow of Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik. Fire officials said the fire was in the bungalow's air conditioner unit. No one has been reported injured.

The fire was at Naik's Pavangad bungalow inside the MLA quarters opposite the Mantralaya bus stop in the Churchgate area. It was reported at about 11.43 am.

A Mumbai Fire Brigade team reached the spot soon after being alerted. The brigade declared it a Level-1 fire at 11.55 am. A Level-1 fire is generally handled by the initial deployment of firefighting resources.

Firefighters kept at work until 12.42 pm, when the fire was brought under control and fully extinguished. The cause of the fire is not yet clear.

In a separate incident in Mumbai, fire broke out in two to four huts at Pratiksha Nagar, near Mala Garden in Wadala, on Tuesday night, November 10. According to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, no injuries have been reported so far.

The fire brigade received word of the fire from the police control room at 10.51 pm. It was recorded as a Level-1 fire call at 11.15 pm. Teams from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police, BEST, the 108 ambulance service and ward staff of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation were called in to help.

In Bhiwandi, a major fire broke out early on Tuesday in a scrap warehouse in the Lohoti Compound area. A civic body official said the fire spread to a nearby powerloom factory.

Local residents and workers moved machines, raw cloth and other goods to safety, though the factory was burnt to ashes. According to the official, the fire was reported at 2.03 am and firefighters brought the flames under control after considerable effort.

In another incident, a fire broke out at around 2 pm in a timber warehouse in Talavali, Navi Mumbai. It was brought under control after an hour and a half. No casualties were reported in either incident.