Three women and two minors were safely rescued from the seventh floor after a fire broke out in a seven-storey building at Vidyavihar West on Wednesday evening. Firefighting teams managed to bring the blaze under control after nearly two hours of operations.

According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the fire started around 4:30 pm in two interconnected flats Flat Nos. 0271 and 0272 on the seventh floor of the ground-plus-seven-storey Kohinoor City building on Peter Perera Road. The affected premises covered approximately 3,000 sq ft.

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The fire was confined to electrical wiring and installations, wooden furniture, doors, windows, household articles, official and personal documents, and split AC unit

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