Fire breaks out in Mumbai's Lower Parel building, no casualties reported

A fire broke out in Mumbai’s Shiv Shakti Industrial State building in Lower Parel early on Sunday morning. The fire broke out on the first floor of the three-storeyed building.

Fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot to control the damage.

#Mumbai Fire breaks out on first floor of three storey Shiv Shakti Industrial State building in Lower Parel; Fire tenders rushed to the spot, more details awaited

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2018

No casualties have been reported yet and the fire is under control. A probe into how the fire got started is going on.

#Visuals Fire broke out on first floor of three storey Shiv Shakti Industrial State building in Lower Parel; Fire under control now pic.twitter.com/J7rPwUtLl4

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2018

The news comes after a fire broke out on Saturday evening at Mumbai’s Cinevista Studio in Kanjur Marg area. Immediately, 7 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control. Although no casualties or injuries were reported, damage to the set was stated by the fire tenders.

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Deputy Officer of Mumbai said the fire broke out on level-3 of the studio where the filming of a daily soap was underway. Everyone was rescued out safely. He also said that the fire raged because of a wooden set present in the studio.

8 fire engines, 6 water tankers and an ambulance was sent as soon as Level-3 fire was declared. Filming of a serial was underway when fire broke out in Cinevista studio. Fire raged because of the wooden set. There were no causalities in the incident: Deputy Fire Officer, Mumbai pic.twitter.com/hHkJKsiAA9

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2018

Prior to this, a major fire broke out in Lower Parel's Kamala Mills compound in December, which resulted in the death of 14 people and injuring some. An FIR was filed against the owner of restraunt '1 Above', where the fire broke out. All the injured were said to be out of danger.