A major fire broke out in south Mumbai’s busy Crawford market in the wee hours of Sunday, gutting over 60 shops. There were no reports of casualties.
“Our control room received an alert at 5:23 a.m. that a massive fire broke out at Crawford market. Soon 10 fire tenders and eight water tankers were pressed into action,” a fire brigade official told PTI .
The official said the efforts to douse the blaze were still on. Over 60 shops, mostly of perfumes and packaging material, were gutted.
Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta visited the spot and asked locals who gathered around the market to keep a safe distance from the mishap site.
Crawford market is located in the vicinity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the shops are mostly housed in old structures.
