<p>Mumbai: In what comes as a cause of concern, a fire broke out just outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday. </p><p>According to information received from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the fire was reported at 0014 hrs past midnight.</p><p>The fire reportedly broke out along the Gen A K Vaidya Marg, opposite Infinity IT Park at Dindoshi in the Goregaon East area of Mumbai.</p><p>Fire tenders and teams of the Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed to the location. The fire was doused at around 0235 hrs.</p><p>"The fire was confined to dry leaves, herbs, shrubs, and trees in an area comprising around 1 to 1.5 sq km on a mountain slope behind the IT park," BMC officials said.</p>.Major fire affects multiple scrap storage units in Mumbai; no injuries.<p>The cause of the fire is not yet known. </p><p>Environmentalist and wildlife habitat conservationist Stalin D flagged the BMC, Maharashtra Forest Department, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change about the issue.</p><p>"A massive fire was seen on Dindoshi hills. This doesn't seem to be natural or accidental. This is being done to kill the vegetation on the hills. Arrest the criminals who did this. Stripping of vegetation, altering river courses, spraying of toxic chemicals, burning, excavation of hills are going on here.. I am deeply disappointed that the residents in buildings facing the forested mountains do not even tweet or discuss this," he said.</p><p>The SGNP is considered the green lung of Mumbai.</p>
<p>Mumbai: In what comes as a cause of concern, a fire broke out just outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday. </p><p>According to information received from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the fire was reported at 0014 hrs past midnight.</p><p>The fire reportedly broke out along the Gen A K Vaidya Marg, opposite Infinity IT Park at Dindoshi in the Goregaon East area of Mumbai.</p><p>Fire tenders and teams of the Mumbai Fire Brigade rushed to the location. The fire was doused at around 0235 hrs.</p><p>"The fire was confined to dry leaves, herbs, shrubs, and trees in an area comprising around 1 to 1.5 sq km on a mountain slope behind the IT park," BMC officials said.</p>.Major fire affects multiple scrap storage units in Mumbai; no injuries.<p>The cause of the fire is not yet known. </p><p>Environmentalist and wildlife habitat conservationist Stalin D flagged the BMC, Maharashtra Forest Department, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change about the issue.</p><p>"A massive fire was seen on Dindoshi hills. This doesn't seem to be natural or accidental. This is being done to kill the vegetation on the hills. Arrest the criminals who did this. Stripping of vegetation, altering river courses, spraying of toxic chemicals, burning, excavation of hills are going on here.. I am deeply disappointed that the residents in buildings facing the forested mountains do not even tweet or discuss this," he said.</p><p>The SGNP is considered the green lung of Mumbai.</p>