One killed in fire at multi-storey building in Mumbai

Tragic fire in Mumbai’s multi-storey building in Mumbai’s Vidyavihar

A security guard was killed and another person injured after a fire broke out in a 13-storey residential building in Mumbai's Vidyavihar area on Monday (March 24, 2025) morning, an official said.

The blaze erupted at 4.35 am in the Takshshila Co-operative Housing Society, located on Nathani Road opposite Vidyavihar station, a fire official said.

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The blaze affected electric installations, household articles, wooden furniture, AC units and clothes in five flats on the first and second floors of the building, as well as some wooden wall fittings, furniture and shoe racks in the first and second floor lobbies of the structure, he said.

The official said 15 to 20 persons were safely rescued.

Two security guards were injured and sent to Rajawadi Hospital where one of them, Uday Gangan (43), was declared dead. The deceased suffered 100 per cent burn injuries, the official said.

The other person, Sabhajit Yadav (52), suffered 25 to 30 per cent burn injuries and was undergoing treatment, he said.