A fire broke out at Babel Hotel in Fort in the early hours of Sunday, prompting a multi-agency response.The fire was reported at 12.57 am and was spread across electric wiring, furniture and scrap material on the first and second floors.The blaze was extinguished at 2.25 am by the Mumbai Fire Brigade. Police, BEST, ambulance services and BMC ward staff were also deployed. No injuries were reported.As per an official update, the fire was confined to portions of the first and second floors of the ground plus two floored hotel structure. Subsequent updates clarified that the flames had spread across nearly 2000 sq ft, largely affecting electric wiring, installations, wooden furniture, mattresses and scrap material stored on the terrace area of the building.
Thick smoke was seen billowing from the upper portion of the hotel, prompting precautionary measures in the surrounding area. However, fire officers confirmed that the situation remained under control and did not spread to adjoining structures.Along with the Mumbai Fire Brigade, personnel from the police, BEST supply department, 108 ambulance services and ward staff of the civic body were mobilised to assist in firefighting and crowd management. The fire was successfully extinguished at 2.25 am. Authorities confirmed that no injuries were reported in the incident.Officials are expected to conduct a detailed inspection to ascertain the exact cause of the blaze.