(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Mumbai: Two firefighters were injured in a fire at the City Center Mall in Nagpada, Mumbai, which has been discharged after being given proper treatment. 24 fire engines and six water tanks are deployed on the spot to control the fire that started on Thursday night. 3,500 people have been evacuated as a precaution from another building near the mall.
Sources in the civic body said on Friday that there was a fire at City Center Mall in Mumbai Central area at 8.53 pm on Thursday night and two firefighters were also injured while trying to control the fire. An official said that the mall has three floors with an underground floor and about 300 people have been evacuated from here. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that a total of 50 fire engines, including 24 fire engines and 16 large tankers, are engaged in fire control.
Apart from this, more than 250 officers and fire personnel are also deployed. While trying to extinguish the fire, the right hand of a firearm worker suffered minor injuries, after which he was taken to the nearest JJ Hospital. His condition is stable and he has been discharged. The fire took place in a mobile shop located on the second floor of the mall. Most of the shops on this floor are of mobile and related materials. The BMC said 3,500 people from the 55-story Orchid Enclave in the neighborhood of the mall have been pulled out as a precautionary measure. This fire was initially kept in ‘level-one’ ie ‘minor category’ but it was increased to ‘level-three’ at 10.45 pm and later it became more terrible late at 2.30 pm.
Reached ‘level-four’.
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