Efforts on to douse fire at Mankhurd scrapyard in Mumbai, 50 godowns gutted in blaze

Mumbai: The fire-fighting operations, which began after a massive fire broke out at the Mankhurd scrapyard in Mumbai on Friday, still continue on Saturday. As many as 19 fire tenders were deployed to the site and fire brigade personnel continue to battle the blaze, which had not yet been doused till the early hours of Saturday.

Maharashtra: Firefighting operation continues at the godowns in Mumbai's Mankhurd where a fire broke out yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ddGkHbH705

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The fire incident took place in a godown of Mandalay Parishra West in Mankhurd.

#WATCH I Maharashtra: Firefighting operation continues at the godowns in Mumbai's Mankhurd where a fire broke out yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ttN2qarzaI

— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2021

The locals of the area said that no causality has been reported.

"The fire still has not been doused. Fire authorities are attempting to extinguish the flames but they`re still struggling. Nobody has died but there are damages to property. This is also not the first time that this place has caught fire," said Vinod Gupta, a local.

Another resident Nandlal Gupta said that there were numerous godowns in the area that store used oil, that act as fuel for fires.

"We don`t know how the fire started but there are a lot of godowns in the area that are used to store burnt oil. This area is mostly inhabited by daily wage labourers who ran away once the fire began," said Nandlal.