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Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar who visited the site expressed surprise that a hospital was operating inside the mall.

The hospital is situated on the top floor of the four-storeyed mall building and 76 patients, most of them being treated for COVID-19, were there when the fire broke out.

According to fire officials, the fire started in the penthouse of a building located in Farhatnagar around 1 am. A fire tender from Malakpet rushed to the spot and doused the flames.

According to an initial estimate, more than 9,500 shanties have been destroyed.

Police suspect a short circuit in the shop led to the fire. The incident occurred when the shop was closed.

The blaze, the cause of which is not clear, was reported at around 9.15 a.m. at the Gharda Chemicals Ltd. factory in Lote-Parshuram MIDC complex.

Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said the incident was report at 6.41 a.m., after a guard of the train noticed smoke in the luggage van and informed officials.

The fire was reported at 2:45 am and nine fire tenders were pressed into action, police said. 

Nobody was hurt in the incident and the cause of fire was yet to be known, police said

On receiving information, fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused, sub-divisional magistrate Shahnawaz Ahmad Niyazi said.

Officials suspect a short circuit in some lights placed near the ornamental plants used to decorate the pillars of flyover, caused the fire.

No one was injured in the incident; police said adding that a short circuit was suspected to have triggered the fire.

At least nine people were killed in an inferno in a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata, which houses zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway on Monday.

He said all possible assistance has been provided by the Railways to the state government during this “unfortunate” fire accident.

Out of the seven deceased, four were firefighters, one assistant sub-inspector posted at the Hare Street police station and one RPF personnel, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Basu said

Armed with blowers, beaters and other equipment, the two teams comprising five members each, swung into action and controlled the fire from spreading further.

The police officer, however, added that she frequently changed her statements and also said that she was not aware how she reached the hospital from the third floor of her college building.

Police suspect a short circuit in the shop had led to the fire.

The blaze erupted around 6.30 am in the shops located on the ground floor of the three-storey building.

On receiving information, the fire personnel reached the spot and doused the fire immediately.