Major fire gutted a large portion of the ceremonial lounge of Domestic Terminal 1A of the Mumbai airport in Santacruz, on Saturday.
The fire control room said that they received a call at 1:46 p.m. By 2:41 p.m. the fire was declared as Level III as it had spread through the ground plus one structure.
Chief fire officer Prabhat Rahangdale said that the situation was under control and informed that the fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, wooden furniture, wooden partition, sofa sets, decorative materials, the false ceiling etc in an area about 5000 sq. feet.
Fire brigade service used 8 fire engines, and 6 jets to deal with the situation.
“The ceremonial lounge is away from the terminal building. Operations have not been affected. The fire has been doused. Everything is under control,” an official statement from Mumbai International Airport Limited read.
“Fire is at Terminal 1 A which is not operational yet. The conference room is located at the end corner of T1A and no operations or services will get affected. There was no meeting or any function going on when fire broke,” said airport spokesperson Veena Pillai. She further added that the lounge was used by VVIPs and was not a part of the passenger terminal. She clarified that the fire had not hampered other airport operations in any way.