India, Jan. 8 -- An election campaign in Bandra East took a dangerous turn on Tuesday night when fireworks allegedly set off by some political party workers entered a flat in a residential high-rise, triggering a major fire. While there were no casualties, there was a huge property loss.

According to the residents, the incident occurred around 8.30 pm at Prajakta Building No. 13, A-wing, when a rocket reportedly fired from the road below entered a flat on the seventh floor and ignited a fire, when the flat owner, Ashton Rodgers, who lives there with his elderly parents, was away for a wedding. The fire started in the bedroom and soon spread into the hall, causing huge property damage.

Rodgers was attending the wedding with his mother at...