Mumbai: Bus gutted in fire on Western Express Highway in Malad, no casualties

A private bus was gutted in a fire on the Western Express Highway in Mumbais Malad area on Tuesday morning affecting traffic movement on the busy route for some time officials said reported news agency PTIThere was no report of any casualty they saidThe fire brigade received information at around 10 am about the blaze in the Borivalibound sleeper coach bus near a bridge in Malad East reported PTIThere were passengers onboard when the fire erupted in the front portion of the bus and they were all safely evacuated a civic official said The exact number of passengers onboard was not yet knownFirefighters rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze within 30 minutes but by the time the entire bus was gutted reported PTINo injuries were reported in the incident the official said reported PTIDue to the fire traffic on the Western Express Highway was affected for some time according to officials reported PTIThe cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertainedFire breaks out at Ghatkopar building no injuries reportedIn another incident a fire broke out at a building in Ghatkopar West on Tuesday morning officials saidAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC the fire erupted on the third floor of a building in Narayan Nagar near Mahendra Hospital in Ghatkopar West on Tuesday morning officials saidAs per the civic body the incident was reported at around 1022 am to the Mumbai Fire Brigade The blaze occurred in the Union Bank building which has a groundplusthree G3 structureFire officials declared the incident as LevelI at 1042 am indicating a minor fire An update on the situation was issued at 1051 amMultiple agencies were mobilised to the spot including the Mumbai Fire Brigade local police the concerned electricity distribution company 108 ambulance services and BMC ward staff Firefighting and safety operations were carried out promptly to prevent the fire from spreadingNo injuries have been reported so far officials added73yearold woman dies in fire in Oshiwara flatMeanwhile a 73yearold woman died in a fire that broke out in a flat in a residential complex in Mumbais Oshiwara area on January 17 a civic official saidThe fire in Bridge Building near High Point Hotel in Lokhandwala in the locality was reported at 1115am and was doused at 1209 pm after four fire engines and other fire fighting vehicles were deployed he addedSenior citizen Hiru Chetalani sustained burn injuries and was declared dead on arrival by doctors at civicrun Cooper Hospital The cause of the fire is being ascertained the official saidWith inputs from PTI