 The fire destroyed the upper two floors before the Fire Brigade brought it under control.About a dozen out of 30 firemen who had gone inside the building were trapped for hours on the rooftop, and Nitin Ivalekar, a 28-year-old fireman, died due to smoke inhalation.The 9 May 2015 Kalbadevi fire, which destroyed the five-storey Gokul Nivas bhavan and killed several firemen was one of the worst fires since the 1944 Bombay Docks Explosion.