Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
A major fire broke at a building near Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow ‘Mannat’ in Mumbai on Monday. The level-2 fire was reported around 7.46pm on the 14th floor of the 21-storey Jivesh Building in Bandstand Road in Bandra (west).
As many as eight fire engines and seven jumbo tankers are currently at the spot, and an operation to put off the flames is underway.
No casualty has been reported in the incident so far.
(This is a developing story. It will be updated as more details come in)
(With inputs from Mumbai bureau)
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