A fire broke out in the basement of BKC metro station in Mumbai, disrupting services for more than 2 hours; no injuries | Mumbai news

A fire broke out in the basement of Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex underground metro station on Friday afternoon, prompting the suspension of rail services there for more than two hours as a precautionary measure, officials said. It was stated that no one was injured in the fire that broke out around 13.10 at the out-of-service A4 entrance and exit of the station, which is under construction. Officials said that the fire was limited to wooden boards, furniture and construction materials at a depth of 40-50 feet at the station located in Bandra East, and heavy smoke formed in the operating area of ​​the station. “No one was injured in the fire incident,” a civic official said. 8 fire trucks and other fire trucks were dispatched to the scene. He said the fire team was assisted in the fire-fighting operation by city police personnel, Adani Power, 108 Ambulance, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, Public Works Department and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation local administrative ward staff. The fire was extinguished after approximately 2 hours of work. MMRC said it was stopped at 3.11pm and stopped metro services at the station were restarted thereafter. BKC metro station is part of the 12.69 km long Phase 1 of MMRC’s Mumbai Metro Line-3 connecting BKC and Aarey JVLR. This line was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. MMRC said in a statement at 15.35 that the fire occurred near the “out-of-operation A4 Entrance/Exit of BKC Metro Station, which is under construction”. After receiving permission from the fire brigade at 14.45, the fire was completely extinguished and metro services returned to normal. It was stated that the fire caused smoke to leak into the operating part of the station building, and therefore subway operations at the station were temporarily stopped as a precaution for the safety of passengers. “Metro services on the remaining stretch of the section between Aarey JVLR and Bandra Colony were operating normally,” MMRC said. On October 21, a fire broke out on the ground floor of Mandai metro station in Pune city and no one was injured.