(Eds: With fresh inputs)Mumbai, Jan 13 (PTI) A fire broke out today at aceremonial lounge of the city's domestic airport, officialssaid.
No casualty was reported in the blaze that was dousedby 4.20 pm, they said.
"The fire started at a ground floor conference hall andspread to the first floor of a lounge near the airport's gatenumber 9," an official said.
An official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC)'s Disaster Control Room said the blaze started in theafternoon and fire brigade personnel rushed to the site alongwith eight fire engines, six jetties and water jets.
"The flames were doused by 4.20 pm. No casualty wasreported," he said.
Electric installations, furniture and the ceiling weregutted in the fire, he said.
Sources said the blaze started at the ceremonial lounge,which is away from terminal 1B or T2.
"The fire did not hamper flight operations. Nobody washarmed in the incident," they added.
Fire brigade personnel suspect that a short circuit ledto the fire. PTI DC NPGVS.
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