A fire incident was reported at Terminal 1 B at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Thursday due to a short circuit. No casualties have been reported, news agency PTI reported, quoting a civic official.

The fire was reported at a three-storey structure near 1-B Circle at 6.35 pm and vehicles of the Mumbai Fire Brigade were rushed to the spot, per PTI report.

The flames were reportedly confined to the ground floor and the flight operations remained unaffected.

Ravindra Ambulgekar, chief of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, told PTI that the blaze was triggered due to a short circuit in heavy-duty cables and panels at the airport. “The fire originated in the cable trays of heavy-duty cables and panels that supply power,” he said.

Ambulgekar stated that the Fire Brigade had given a ‘Level-1’ fire call (minor), under which at least four fire engines and other firefighting vehicles are generally dispatched to the spot. “The fire has been extinguished. No one was injured in the incident,” Ambulgekar said.

Some videos circulating on social media showed thick black smoke emanating from the fire-hit site. Smoke could also be seen inside the airport terminal. A civic official said the fire remained confined to the ground-floor electrical installations.
Firefighting operations continued for nearly three hours, and the blaze was brought under control and extinguished at around 9.20 pm, the official said.

(With inputs from PTI.)