Overview
- The fire that hit the Shangrila-2 Arcade near Shyamal Crossroads has left no fatalities after a large rescue operation.
- The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services deployed 38 vehicles and about 138 personnel, using ladders and hydraulic platforms to reach upper floors.
- Crews evacuated roughly 50 people from smoke-filled areas, and four women were taken to hospital for inhalation treatment with no deaths reported.
- Preliminary reports point to an ignition near a Kotak Mahindra Bank ATM and an external electric board on the ground floor, and the cause remains under investigation.
- Flames and smoke damaged two parked two-wheelers and an ATM, and authorities briefly closed the road toward Prahladnagar while firefighters carried out cooling work and safety checks.