A massive fire broke out in the godowns and furniture market in Jogeshwari west on Monday morning. No injuries were reported but the fire gutted around 200 shops. As it was a large fire, several BEST bus routes were diverted from the road nearby.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade received a call at around 11 am informing them of the fire. It was confined to shops in the furniture market on Ghas compound, Relief Road. “The fire started in one of the shops and spread rapidly, as all the shops contained wooden furniture. It is a famous market for wooden furniture in the suburbs and there was a fire here a few years ago,” said a nearby resident. An activist claimed that the fire was caused by a cylinder blast.