Fire in cloth mill at Mumbai industrial estate

No casualty or injuries to anybody was reported in the blaze

Updated - February 07, 2018 01:33 pm IST

Published - February 07, 2018 10:24 am IST - Mumbai

 Fire breaks out at a cloth mill unit near Oberoi mall, Goregaon on Wednesday.

Fire breaks out at a cloth mill unit near Oberoi mall, Goregaon on Wednesday.

A fire broke out in a cloth mill at the Italian Industrial Estate near the Oberoi Mall in suburban Goregaon on Wednesday morning, an official said.

No casualty or injuries to anybody was reported in the blaze that broke out on the ground floor of the three-storey building on Mulund Link Road, he said.

The fire brigade control room received information about it around 7.19 am, the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s disaster management unit said.

Eight fire engines alongwith water tankers and an ambulance rushed to the spot.

The cause of the fire was not yet known and further details were awaited.

Fifth such incident from January

This is the fifth such incident in the city since 2018 began.

On January 19, a fire broke out at the Navrang studio in the Todi Mills Compound in Lower Parel area.

On January 8, there was a fire on the third floor of the sessions court building, which had been accorded heritage status.

On January 6, a fire broke out at the Cinevista studio in suburban Kanjurmarg, claiming one life.

On January 4, four persons, including two children, were killed and five seriously injured after an upper floor of a residential building in suburban Marol caught fire .

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