Overview
- Fire control room received the alert at 1:50 pm, and crews arrived by 1:58 pm before extinguishing the blaze within minutes.
- The flames were confined to garbage collected between the seashore and tetrapods along the promenade.
- Firefighters used a first-aid line from a water quick response vehicle, supported by one fire engine and a 108 ambulance.
- The deputy commissioner of police (traffic, south) said the tunnel entry was not closed and vehicular movement continued normally.
- The Coastal Road project’s chief engineer said the fire may have started from plastic waste burned by alleged drug addicts and said enhanced patrolling is being considered.