India conducted nationwide civil defence mock drills simulating multiple hostile scenarios like air raids, fire emergencies, and rescue operations across several states and union territories. The drills, dubbed 'Operation Abhyaas,' aimed to enhance emergency preparedness in light of recent terror attacks. The exercises involved coordinated efforts by various agencies, including civil defence personnel, police, fire and emergency services, and the military. Mock drills were conducted at various locations, including railway stations, malls, and high-rise buildings, showcasing the response capabilities of authorities in different emergency scenarios. The drills highlighted the importance of public awareness and cooperation in dealing with real-time emergencies.
A video showing a hapless Arun Tiwari holding onto the railing of the balcony of the flat on the 19th floor and dangling precariously before falling down went viral even as fire brigade vehicles rushed to the spot. He was taken to the civic-run KEM hospital but was declared dead.
Following the incident, some long distance trains, including Konark Express, Kanyakumari Express, Nandigram Express and Pragati Express were rescheduled.
It broke out around 1500 IST in the godown located off the LBS Marg, in Sion.
A fire broke out in a four-storey commercial building in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on Saturday morning, but no casualties were reported.
Two fire brigade officers were seriously injured while as many went missing and were feared trapped under the debris.
A fire broke out at Oberoi Mall in suburban Goregaon on Wednesdau morning, fire brigade sources said. However, nobody was injured in the incident, they said.
A large number of vehicles, including twelve autorickshaws, two taxis and two-wheelers, were completely gutted while two residential buildings also caught fire.
Sixteen fire engines were deployed to douse the flames.
When Zubair, 25, and his brother Muzammil, 13, headed to meet Zeenat Salmani, 23, a resident of the building, they would have never thought that it would be their last trip.
Nobody was injured in the fire, which was reported at 7.54 pm, the official from Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
A major fire on Friday broke out in a three-storeyed residential building near Byculla railway station injuring two persons but 20 other occupants were safely rescued, a Fire Brigade official said.
The revamped Wankhede stadium, which recently came under the scanner of the fire department for not following safety norms, received a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Mumbai Fire Brigade on Tuesday to stage World Cup matches.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust handles over 50 per cent of the country's container traffic.
Two persons were killed and four other injured after a slab of under construction monorail at Mumbai suburb Chembur collapsed on Friday evening.
The third, fourth and fifth floors of the nine-storey building were the worst affected due to the blaze, Mumbai fire brigade chief P S Rahangdale told PTI on Tuesday.
Three tankers and a jumbo tanker have been pressed into service for dousing the blaze. No case of injury has been reported so far.\n\n
A fire broke out at a set in Goregaon Film city on Tuesday morning.
Fire broke out aboard two naval ships in Mumbai late on Tuesday night, fire brigade sources said. "We received a call shortly after midnight that fire broke out aboard two naval ships at the naval dockyard in South Mumbai," the sources told PTI.
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of the IncomeTaxBuilding in Marine Lines area in south Mumbai tonight but there were no report of casualties.
Am assive fire engulfed the slum enclave of Behrampada in Bandra East, north west Mumbai, abutting the Bandra railway station.
A major fire broke out at the fourth floor of the Mantralaya building which houses the state secretariat in south Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, fire brigade sources said.
Six persons were killed and eight injured in a fire that gutted several hutments in Mumbai on Friday.
Fire brigade officials said the fire broke out on the ninth floor of Mittal Towers.
No casualties had been reported among the residents of the area, while a fire brigade personnel was injured, the official said.
'Russian Circus' was at the centre of a controversy after an animal welfare group challenged its shows in the Bombay high court.
A fire broke out because of a suspected leakage in an oil pipeline passing through a land owned by the Mumbai Port Trust in Wadala in central Mumbai, but no one was injured.
Four industrial workers were killed when a fire broke out at a textile mill in Dombivali in Mumbai's adjoining Thane district in the wee hours on Thursday.
External agencies were digging and struck the pipeline on a road in Andheri, leading to a leakage. Some source of ignition led to the fire.
"I asked everyone to keep the purifiers on their mouth. This stopped them from suffocating due to smoke and they were able to breath well, preventing inhalation of carbon dioxide," she said.
The number of buses available for service could go down below 3,000 now.
Fire broke out in a residential building at Cuffe Parade in south Mumbai early on Sunday, fire brigade officials said.
The factory is in central Mumbai. Details awaited.
The fire broke out around 7:30 pm, a local fire department official said, adding that an estimated 700 to 800 houses had been gutted.
Three persons were killed on Wednesday and another injured after a major fire broke out at the Bombay House building, housing the Tata Group offices in South Mumbai.
Nearly 3,500 staffers were working in the building in the Mazagon area in South Mumbai when the fire broke out around 12.30 pm, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said. He assured a probe into the the fire, but clarified that no records were lost in the blaze due to digitisation of documents.
The 100-foot-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during dust storms and unseasonal rains that lashed Mumbai on Monday.
The blaze started around 6:30 pm on Monday in an open plot near an IT Park along the General Arun Kumar Vaidya Marg in the western suburb, located adjacent to the Colony.
Abhay Kale, Divisional Fire Officer, at Fire Brigade's headquarters in Mumbai offers basic safety and prevention tips people should take till fire brigade comes to their rescue
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