<p>Nearly 56 hours after a fire broke out at the City Centre Mall in Mumbai, it was doused by fire personnel early Sunday morning, an official said.</p>.<p>This is probably one of the longest fire-fighting operations in the city in recent times.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, a blaze at a cutlery market in south Mumbai took almost 45 hours to be extinguished.</p>.<p>The fire at the City Centre Mall in Mumbai Central area broke out on the second floor of the basement-plus-three- storey structure at 8.50 pm on Thursday.</p>.<p>"It was a level-5 (massive) blaze and was doused around 5 am on Sunday," a fire brigade official said.</p>.<p>Around 14 fire engines and 17 jumbo tankers were engaged in the operation, he said, adding that cooling operations are underway.</p>.<p>Five fire brigade personnel, including a deputy fire officer, received injuries during the fire-fighting operation, but all of them are stable and discharged from hospitals, the official said.</p>.<p>The fire was initially categorised as level 1 (minor), but was upgraded to level-5 after flames spread to other parts of the building, he said.</p>.<p>Over 3,500 people from an adjacent residential high- rise were evacuated as a precautionary measure, he said.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Fire Brigade had given a 'brigade call', in which fire engines are called from all agencies in the city.</p>
<p>Nearly 56 hours after a fire broke out at the City Centre Mall in Mumbai, it was doused by fire personnel early Sunday morning, an official said.</p>.<p>This is probably one of the longest fire-fighting operations in the city in recent times.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, a blaze at a cutlery market in south Mumbai took almost 45 hours to be extinguished.</p>.<p>The fire at the City Centre Mall in Mumbai Central area broke out on the second floor of the basement-plus-three- storey structure at 8.50 pm on Thursday.</p>.<p>"It was a level-5 (massive) blaze and was doused around 5 am on Sunday," a fire brigade official said.</p>.<p>Around 14 fire engines and 17 jumbo tankers were engaged in the operation, he said, adding that cooling operations are underway.</p>.<p>Five fire brigade personnel, including a deputy fire officer, received injuries during the fire-fighting operation, but all of them are stable and discharged from hospitals, the official said.</p>.<p>The fire was initially categorised as level 1 (minor), but was upgraded to level-5 after flames spread to other parts of the building, he said.</p>.<p>Over 3,500 people from an adjacent residential high- rise were evacuated as a precautionary measure, he said.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Fire Brigade had given a 'brigade call', in which fire engines are called from all agencies in the city.</p>