Three people were injured in a fire that broke out at a scrap shop in Kurla area of Mumbai on Tuesday morning, a civic official said.
The blaze erupted around 10:35 am in the shop, where various scrap items and gas cylinders used for cutting work were kept, in a market on Khairani Road, he said.
The fire brigade declared it as a 'level-2' (major) blaze around 11 am, the official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
Three people were injured in the blaze and they were admitted to the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital, he said, adding that their health updates are awaited.
Over 10 fire engines and water tankers along with ambulances and other equipment were rushed to the spot, a fire brigade official said.
Firefighting is still on, the official said.
The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, he said.
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