Fire breaks out at Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway station; no casualty

Speaking to The Indian Express, the railway’s chief public relations officer, Dr Shivraj Manaspure, said the blaze was reported near the Pod Hotel, which is an upcoming on the railway station’s premises, and the flames from there spread to the Jan Aahar canteen nearby.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the fire was confined to electric wiring, installations, wooden partitions, chairs, tables, doors and other objects in the canteen area sprawling over 2,000 to 2,500 sq ft in the ground-plus-one-storey station building.

The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations, wooden partitions, chairs, tables, doors and other objects in the canteen area. (Express photo by Pradip Das)

Manaspure added, “We halted the train services for 10-15 minutes. However, the train services remained unaffected as we stopped operations only for a brief period and there was a lot of distance between the spot of the fire and the track services. The fire was controlled by 3.30 pm and no injuries have been reported.”

Soon after the outbreak of the fire, which was declared level II at 3.10 pm, several agencies including the Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, Railway Protection Force as well as ward and traffic staff were mobilised. The fire brigade pressed five fire engines, two fire trucks and five jumbo tankers into service. Meanwhile, the booking counter as well as the announcement centres were vacated.

According to the fire brigade, the fire was extinguished by 4.25 pm

In another incident, reported in the early hours of Wednesday, a small fire broke out near Trans Residency in Andheri’s Mahakali area, charring three four-wheelers. A man identified as Faruq Siddhiki (45) sustained 90 per cent burns in the incident and was taken first to Jogeshwari’s HBT Trauma Care Hospital and later to the civic-run Kasturba Hospital.