09 August,2023 01:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A fire broke out in a sports equipment shop near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, a fire brigade official told news agency PTI.
No one was injured in the incident at the shop, located on the ground floor of the five-storey Chaman Chambers in Dhobi Talao area, the official told PTI.
Five fire brigade vehicles, including three fire engines, have reached the spot and efforts are on to douse the blaze, the official said.
The sports goods shop sits close to Metro Cinema, a city landmark.
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"There has been no report of any injury to anyone," the official told PTI, adding that more details about the incident are awaited.
Earlier on August 4, a fire broke out in a flat of a 23-storey residential building in suburban Kandivali, , but nobody was injured in the incident, officials told PTI.
The blaze erupted around 10 am in a flat located on the 16th floor of Orchid Suburbia building at Dahanukarwadi on New link Road in Kandivali West, officials said.
Eight fire engines are at the spot and the firefighting operation is underway, a fire brigade official told PTI.
"People have been rescued safely. There is no report of anybody getting trapped inside the building," the fire brigade official told PTI.
There is no report of anybody suffering any injury in the incident, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
