Car catches fire inside Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel, traffic comes to a standstill for 1 hour

The Mumbai police said no one was injured after a tourist taxi's engine caught fire in the southbound section of the tunnel near Tardeo.

The car which caught fire inside the coastal road tunnel (Express photo by Akash Patil)

The Mumbai Coastal Road was shut for almost an hour on Thursday morning after a car heading south caught fire inside the tunnel. No one was injured in the fire, said the police.

The tourist taxi’s engine caught fire in the southbound section of the tunnel near Tardeo around 9.15 am, according to the police. The traffic police and the local police arrived at the scene and began directing vehicles from Haji Ali towards Pedder Road. They also stopped vehicles coming from Worli on the Coastal Road. Vehicle movement resumed gradually around 10.30 am, said a senior officer.

After the fire, thick smoke accumulated inside the tunnel, reducing visibility, said the police. Vehicle movement came to a standstill in both directions, leading to severe congestion.

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The police said the vehicle was removed from the tunnel once the fire was doused.

“We will be conducting an inquiry with the driver of the car which caught fire to ask if there was any passenger inside the car at the time of the incident,” said an officer.

The Mumbai Traffic Police shared an update on social media soon, and police officers from Tardeo started diverting vehicles from Haji Ali. The D B Marg police and Marine Drive police also reached their end of the tunnel and diverted the vehicle heading towards it.

“Traffic movement is stopped at Coastal Road (Tardeo) southbound and northbound due to a car fire,” the police posted on X after the fire.

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