Dharavi Fire

At least 32 persons, including a one-month-old boy, were injured and admitted to hospitals after a fire erupted in their seven-storey residential building in Dharavi slum area of central Mumbai on Sunday, an official said.

A major fire broke out in some structures in Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, in the wee hours of Wednesday, but there was no report of injury to anyone, officials said.

Fire Department officials used Protector 600, an advanced level ariel mist blowing machine in Mumbai's Dharavi slum area on Sunday to disinfect the locality, in a bid to curb the rising COVID-19 cases.

At least 32 persons, including a one-month-old boy, were injured and admitted to hospitals after a fire erupted in their seven-storey residential building in Dharavi slum area of central Mumbai on Sunday, an official said.

A major fire broke out in some structures in Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, in the wee hours of Wednesday, but there was no report of injury to anyone, officials said.

Fire Department officials used Protector 600, an advanced level ariel mist blowing machine in Mumbai's Dharavi slum area on Sunday to disinfect the locality, in a bid to curb the rising COVID-19 cases.