Visuals showed thick smoke billowing out of the Big Bazaar outlet's roof

A fire broke out at an outlet of a shopping centre in Mumbai's Matunga this afternoon. The fire broke out a Big Bazaar outlet located on the Tulsi Pipe Road in central Mumbai's Matunga.

The fire was confined to the loft of the ground-plus-one Big Bazaar building in Matunga. There no reports of any casualties.

Local news channel TV9 Marathi tweeted a short video of the fire, showing thick smoke billowing out of the roof of the Big Bazaar outlet.

The fire brigade initially classified the fire at Level II, before raising the alarm to Level III.

Officials confirmed that the fire was confined to the loft of the ground-plus-one Big Bazaar building in Matunga. The fire led to dense smoke and more than 15 fire-fighting vechiles were dispatched to control the blaze.

A Mumbai Fire Brigade fire-fighting vehicle at the site of the Big Bazaar fire in Matunga

These included eight fire engines, seven jumbo water tankers and two quick response vehicles.

News agency PTI, quoting a local official, reported that all the people inside the Big Bazaar store at the time of the fire managed to rush out to safety.