A fire broke out at Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik’s official bungalow, Pawangad, near Mantralaya in south Mumbai on Wednesday (November 11, 2026). The Minister was not present at the bungalow when the incident occurred, and no injuries were reported, officials said.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the fire was reported in an air-conditioning unit at the bungalow, located opposite the Mantralaya bus stop in Churchgate, at around 11.43 a.m. The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) declared it a Level-I fire at 11.55 a.m.
The fire was confined to electrical wiring and installations, a split air-conditioning unit, kitchen articles, office files, papers, wooden and steel furniture, a refrigerator and a false ceiling, among other materials, across an area of approximately 4,000 square feet in the ground-floor bungalow, officials said.
Fire brigade personnel extinguished the blaze at 1.26 p.m., according to an update issued by the MFB at 1.34 p.m.
Published – November 12, 2026 05:06 am IST
