
Fire breaks out in Chembur building, operations underway
A fire broke out in Chembur area of eastern Mumbai on Thursday night, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said, adding that the fire-fighting operations were underway.
According to the BMC, the blaze was reported on the third floor of a building near Vaishali Hotel, Subhash Nagar area in Chembur East at 10:09 pm.
The civic officials said that the Mumbai Fire Brigade declared the incident a Level-1 (minor) fire at 10:14 pm.
The firefighters, along with BMC ward staff and local police, were quickly mobilised to the scene and a fire-fighting operation was launched by the officials.
So far, no injuries have been reported in the incident, the officials said.
Further details are awaited.