1 dead in high-rise Mumbai building fire, cops suspect firecrackers sparked blaze

One person died after a fire broke out in a 32-storey residential building in Mumbai's Andheri West on Saturday night. The deceased was declared brought dead at Cooper Hospital, with suffocation cited as the cause of death, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The fire was reported at Runwal Tower in the Lokhandwala area of Andheri West. The fire brigade received a call about the blaze at around 9.50 pm, following which four fire engines and other firefighting equipment were rushed to the spot.#WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: Fire tenders rushed to the spot after a fire broke out on the 17th floor of a 32-storey high-rise building in Lokhandwala, Andheri West. The fire has been brought under control. https://t.co/uyJvqTebgB— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2026According to the BMC, the fire affected electrical wiring, installations and household articles inside flat number 1701 on the 17th floor of the building. Firefighting operations continued until 10.37 pm, when the blaze was brought under control.An earlier update from a civic official had said that there were no injuries. However, the BMC subsequently confirmed that one person who sustained injuries in the incident was declared brought dead at Cooper Hospital due to suffocation. THREE OTHER HIGH-RISE FIRES REPORTEDThree other fires were reported in Mumbai's Kandivali, Goregaon and Andheri areas on Saturday night. Officials suspected that firecrackers may have triggered some of the blazes, although the exact cause of the incidents was not immediately known.The first of these fires was reported at around 9.20 pm at Siriya Building on Old Link Road, near Ganesh Market in Kandivali West. The fire was confined to a dry refuge area and an old scrap diesel generator set on the ground floor of the 22-storey building. It was brought under control by 10.15 pm.Another fire broke out around 9.25 pm at Moroccan Apartment in Royal Palms, Goregaon East. The blaze started in the gallery of a flat on the 19th floor and affected electrical wiring, installations, household articles and clothes across an area measuring approximately 10 feet by 15 feet.Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze by 9.52 pm.The three fires, along with the blaze at Runwal Tower, were reported within a span of around 30 minutes on Saturday night. While no injuries were reported in the Kandivali and Goregaon incidents, the BMC confirmed one death in the Andheri West fire.- Ends(With Agency inputs)