Mumbai Bandra Fire News: A major fire was reported at a showroom in Mumbai’s Bandra West early Tuesday, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to mobilise the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to aid the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) in dousing the flames.
According to officials, no injuries have been reported so far in the Level IV or serious blaze at the Croma showroom, which later engulfed the entire commercial building. They said several shops as well as restaurants inside the commercial complex were gutted in the fire, causing significant financial losses.
AThey said the fire was reported at 4.11 am at the Croma showroom inside the basement of the Link Square building along Linking Road Number 33 in Bandra West.
According to preliminary information, the fire was initially confined to the basement, housing the Croma showroom, of the basement-plus-three-storey structure, but smoke engulfed the entire building soon. The blaze escalated rapidly with the fire brigade declaring the blaze as Level I at 4.17 am, followed by a Level II upgrade at 4.28 am, Level III at 4.49 am, and then as Level IV at 6.25 am.
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MFB categorises a small blaze as Level I, medium fire as Level II, major flames at Level III, and a ‘serious’ fire is declared Level IV.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade evacuated the adjacent building as plumes of smoke spread across the neighbourhood. NDRF teams reached the spot at 7.50 am.
MFB also pressed at least 13 jumbo tankers, eight fire engines, and other equipment on the site to put out the fire. The firefighting operations are still underway with the fire personnel using 12 lines of 15 motor pumps, of which nine are small hose lines and two high pressure.
While the flames have been controlled, the fire brigade is carrying out cooling operations at the site. According to officials, they are conducting a ventilation process by shattering the glass facade of the structure.
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