Fire Breaks Out Outside Delhi's Prasar Bharati Building | Watch

New Delhi: Fire breaks out outside the Prasar Bharati building on Saturday. According to the fire department, the alert was received at 2:10 pm. Eight fire tenders have been dispatched to the scene. The fire originated in a transformer located outside the building. No casualties have been reported. The fire has currently been brought under control.

Further details are awaited.

Earlier this week, fire broke out at Mumbai's underground T2 Airport Metro Station in Andheri East on Wednesday evening. All passengers were safely evacuated from the spot. Authorities had said that "nobody was hurt" in the incident. Rescue teams and the Mumbai Metro staff cleared the station and secured the area.

The incident was reported at 4.10 pm on Wednesday which briefly affected services in the underground corridor of the Metro Aqua Line 3 between Aarey JVLR and Cuffe Parade. According to an official, the fire erupted from the technical room of the metro station. The Mumbai fire brigade was alerted at 4.13 pm. Three fire engines and two jumbo tankers reportedly rushed to the site; the flames were brought in control by 4.30 pm.

Firefighters had to combat the flames using breathing apparatus since smoke had permeated the underground station premises. 

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