Fire in Mumbai coastal road tunnel: Swift Dzire blaze chokes stretch

MUMBAI: A car caught occurrence wrong the southbound coastal roadworthy passageway betwixt Marine Drive and Nepeansea roadworthy connected Thursday morning, triggering dense fume and besides disrupting traffic.According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the blaze was reported astatine 9.02 americium erstwhile a Swift Dzire car caught occurrence erstwhile astir 100–150 metres wrong the tunnel.Thick fume accumulated inside, pursuing which vehicles were diverted.

Fire officials managed to douse the flames by 9.36 am. No injuries were reported successful the incident.A Bombay High Court lawyer travelling from Bandra West to Marine Drive said that his car was diverted extracurricular the coastal roadworthy erstwhile astatine Haji Ali.

"We were informed that the coastal roadworthy has been unopen owing to the fire," helium said.Breach Candy nonmigratory Nandini Chabbaria said that, "When there’s an mishap connected Coastal Road, particularly a mishap wrong the tunnel, postulation gets spilled implicit astatine Breach Candy. Today we saw an ambulance had besides got stuck owing to the postulation jam."