Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) A major fire broke out early Sunday at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Ballard Estate of South Mumbai. No casualties or injuries have been reported in the incident so far.
The ED office is housed in the Kaiser-i-Hind building, situated near the Grand Hotel on Currimbhoy Road.
According to the authorities, the fire broke out at around 2.30 a.m. on the fourth floor of the five-storey building. The fire brigade received a call about the blaze in the multistorey building soon after.
Firefighters and rescue teams rushed to the scene, and by 3.30 a.m., the fire was classified as a Level-II blaze, which is generally considered a major fire, the fire brigade control room confirmed.
Fortunately, no one was present in the office at that hour. So, no casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
The fire department said that a total of 12 firefighting machines were rushed to the spot. The official said eight fire engines, six jumbo tankers, one aerial water tower tender, one breathing apparatus van, one rescue van, one quick response vehicle, and an ambulance from the 108 service were deployed to the spot.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, and the Mumbai Fire Department said, “The cause of the fire is not clear yet.”
More details were awaited.
On Saturday, a 34-year-old woman was killed and six others hospitalised after a fire broke out in a residential building in Lokhandwala, Andheri (West).
The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) received the call at 2.39 a.m. and declared a Level-I fire at Broke Land Building. The fire was confined to a room on the first floor of the ground-plus-eight-storey structure. A fire brigade official said the fire was caused due to a short circuit. The fire affected the electric wiring, electric installations, split and window AC units, wooden furniture, documents, mattresses, clothes, and other household items.
–IANS
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