Fire at Mumbai mall, 3,500 evacuated from next building

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Mumbai fire brigade personnel are engaged in controlling the blaze at a mall 12 hours after the fire broke out there, even as around 3500 people from an adjoining building were evacuated, civic sources said on Friday. A major fire erupted at the City Center Mall in Mumbai Central area at 8.50 pm on Thursday. Two fire personnel have been injured while controlling the blaze, the sources said.

Around 300 people were rescued from the basement plus three-storey mall after the fire broke out, an official said. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) release said the Mumbai Fire Brigade has given a ‘brigade call’ in which fire engines are called from all agencies in the city.

Around 50 fire fighting vehicles, including 24 fire engines and 16 jumbo tankers are engaged in the firefighting at the spot, besides over 250 officers and firemen, it said. A fireman sustained minor injuries on his right hand during the firefighting operation and was rushed to nearby JJ Hospital, it said.