Major fire breaks out at ED office building in Mumbai’s Ballard Estate

According to the Mumbai Fire Department, they received a call about the blaze around 2:31 am.

A major fire broke out in the wee hours of Sunday at the Kaiser-I-Hind building in south Mumbai's Ballard Estate area, which houses the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office, civic officials said.

According to the Mumbai Fire Department, they received a call about the blaze around 2:31 am.

Fire brigade teams were immediately rushed to the site near the Grand Hotel on Currimbhoy Road. Around 3:30 am, the fire was upgraded to Level-II, and later, at 4:21 am, to Level-III, marking it a major fire incident.

The fire was confined to the fourth floor of the five-storey building, officials confirmed.

A massive firefighting operation is underway, with eight fire engines, six jumbo tankers, one aerial water tower tender, a breathing apparatus van, a rescue van, a quick response vehicle, and an ambulance deployed to the scene.

However, no injuries have been reported so far.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.