16 cars, two bikes go up in smoke in Mumbai high-rise parking lot fire

The fire, the exact cause of which is not clear, quickly spread to the vehicles, including some high-end cars at Dadar West.

Mumbai: At least 16 cars and two two-wheelers went up in smoke and virtually reduced to ash when a major fire engulfed the parking lot of a high-rise building in Dadar West, the BMC Disaster Control said here on Tuesday

The blaze was reported around 12.30 a.m. in the Podium 4 of a three-level basement parking in the 13-floor podium Kohinoor Building parking area in the residential tower standing 30 storeys tall.

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The fire, the exact cause of which is not clear, quickly spread to the vehicles, including some high-end cars, parking close to each other and also two two-wheelers, as the Mumbai Fire Brigade and Police were summoned.

The fire-fighters rushed there and finally extinguished the conflagration around 2.30 a.m., and there are no reports of any casualties, said the BMC, as a probe has been started.