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

Around 300 people were rescued from the basement plus three-storey mall after the fire broke out. In a release of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), it says the Mumbai Fire Brigade has given a 'brigade call' in which fire engines are called from all agencies in the city. Nearly 50 fire fighting vehicles, including 24 fire engines and 16 jumbo tankers are occupied in the fire fighting at the spot and additionally more than over officers and firemen came into action.

A fireman sustained minor injuries on his right hand during the fire fighting operation and was rushed to nearby JJ Hospital, it said, adding his condition is stable. The fire blowd up in a mobile shop on the second floor of the mall, which mainly houses shops for mobile accessories, besides a few other stores. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said around 3500 residents of the 55-floor Orchid Enclave tower adjoining the mall were shifted as a precautionary measure. A police officer said they evacuated around 300 people from the mall when the blaze erupted. According to fire brigade officials, the accurate reason of the fire was not yet known.

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