Two people were charred to death and four others sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out at a scrap godown in Sakinaka, Andheri East, Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade received a call about the blaze at 6.18 pm on Tuesday at Abdul Rashid Compound on Khairani Road. The fire was classified as Level-II and was extinguished around 12.30 am on Wednesday after more than six hours of firefighting.
Two charred bodies were recovered from an area where aerosol containers were stored. Their identities have not yet been established, and the bodies were sent to Rajawadi Hospital for post-mortem examination.
The injured were identified as Taufiq Shadil Qureshi, 20, who suffered 80 per cent burns; Jahid Abidulla Qureshi, 20, and Kamal Jalauddin Shah, 47, who sustained 40 per cent burns each; and Lalchand Ramlakhan Gautam, 40, who suffered 10 per cent burns.
All were admitted to Rajawadi Hospital. Taufiq is in critical condition, while the two patients with 40 per cent burns are in serious condition. Gautam is stable and under observation.
The blaze spread across approximately 4,000 square feet, affecting 60 to 70 commercial units and chawls.
Scrap material, garment stock, plastic granules, wooden furniture, electrical installations, aerosol containers, LPG cylinders and machinery were among the items affected. Two-wheelers and a tempo were also damaged.
The cause and point of origin remain undetermined, with police and fire officials continuing their investigation.
It was Mumbai’s third reported fire on Tuesday, following incidents at a residential building in Kurla that injured nine people, including three children, and at Amarsons store on Bhulabhai Desai Road.
