Mumbai: Over two hours on, firefighting still underway at Lower Parel commercial building
Mumbai (PTI): The operation to douse the blaze at a commercial building in Mumbai has been going on for more than two hours after a fire erupted there on Friday morning, civic officials said.
There are no reports of any injury to anyone in the fire that broke out at the Times Tower building in the Kamala Mills compound of the Lower Parel area around 6.30 am, the officials said.
The authorities had initially said that the commercial building had seven floors. They later updated the information, calling it a 14-storey structure.
The level 2 (major) fire is confined to an electric duct between the 3rd and 7th floors on the rear side of the building with a glass facade, a civic official said.
Firefighters used “chisel and hammer” to break the locks on the doors and enter the commercial building to battle the fire, he said.
Eight fire engines and other firefighting vehicles were sent to the spot, an official had said earlier.
The Kamala Mills compound, which has witnessed many major fires, is located next to the Parkside residential building.
Parkside residents said it was a “terrifying experience” to see plumes of flame and smoke rising close to their homes.
According to the residents, their security staff tried to control the blaze with their building's firefighting equipment before firemen arrived at the scene.
“Our emergency team used our hose pipes before the fire brigade could reach the spot,” claimed one of the residents.
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Sisodia to meet Kejriwal; likely to discuss names of next Delhi CM
New Delhi (PTI): Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday, a day after the party supremo announced to resign and not sit on the chief minister's chair till people give him a "certificate of honesty".
The AAP national convener said that he would become chief minister and Manish Sisodia his deputy "only when people say we are honest".
A party functionary on Monday said, "Kejriwal and Sisodia will be meeting today. This will be the first meeting after the decision by them. The meeting is also likely to see a discussion over the next chief minister."
The meeting is slated to be held at the chief minister's official residence in the Civil Lines area.
Kejriwal, who was released on bail from the Tihar Jail in the excise policy graft case on Friday, has said that he would hold a meeting of the AAP MLAs in a couple of days and one of his party colleagues would take over as the chief minister.
His unexpected announcement kicked up a strong buzz over the names of his wife Sunita and his ministers Atishi and Gopal Rai as his possible replacement.
