Mumbai Airport Fire: Short Circuit Causes Blaze, No Impact on Flights

Mumbai Airport Fire: Short Circuit Causes Blaze, No Impact on Flights.webp

Mumbai, April 9 A fire broke out at Terminal 1 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai on Thursday evening due to a short circuit, but no casualties were reported in the blaze, officials said.

Airport operations remained unaffected, they added.

A civic official said the blaze was extinguished after nearly three hours of firefighting operations.

A short circuit caused the fire, which was reported at 6:10 pm, and it was brought under control by the emergency response teams, a CSMIA spokesperson said.

He described the fire as "minor".

Ravindra Ambulgekar, chief of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, told
 
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