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Mumbai: Fire breaks out at a Chawl in Suburban Bandra, about 5 Tenements gutted in the blaze

Author : NewsGram Desk

Mumbai, Dec 7, 2016: Early this morning, a major fire broke out a chawl located in suburban Bandra, where about 3-5 tenements were gutted in the blaze, officials said.

No casualty or injury has been reported in the tragic incident that occurred at the chawl in Behram Nagar in Bandra (east).

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"We received a call at around 4 am today (regarding the blaze) and 10 fire engines along with water tankers were pressed into action immediately to douse the flames," a fire brigade official said, mentioned PTI.

Even though the number of tenements who were gutted in the blaze is not quite clear, but it is suspected that there were 3-5 of them. He said, adding that the fire was contained to a small area by the fire brigade personnel and the flames were doused by 8 am.

The loss of property and cause of the fire were being ascertained, he said.

– by NewsGram Team with PTI inputs

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