A fire broke out at Cinevista, a film studio in suburban Kanjur Marg (West) in Mumbai on 7 January, Saturday evening, police said.
While shooting of two TV serials was going on at the studio which is located along the Central railway line, there were no reports of anyone getting injured, fire brigade officials said.
The fire broke out at around 8 pm, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 7) Akhilesh Singh. By 10 pm it had been brought under control.
The studio is a ground-plus-one structure. Over 100 shooting crew were evacuated from the studio.
Electrical wiring inside the studio caught fire first, fire brigade officials said.
Eight fire engines and six water tankers were pressed into service to put out the flames.
Eight fire engines, 6 water tankers and an ambulance was sent as soon as Level-3 fire was declared. Filming of a serial was underway when fire broke out in Cinevista studio. Fire raged because of the wooden set. There were no casualties in the incident.Deputy Fire Officer, Mumbai to ANI
The incident comes days after fourteen persons were killed and 16 injured after a massive fire broke out at the Kamala Mills compound in Mumbai's Lower Parel locality.
According to reports, on the night of 29 December, the fire started at the ‘1 Above’ restaurant and spread to ‘Mojo’ pub. Earlier, reports said that the fire had also spread to the London Taxi restaurant, but the premises have not been affected.
Earlier this week, on 3 January, four people were killed and five others were injured in a fire on the third floor of the ‘Maimoon Building’ in Mumbai’s Marol.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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