Fire at Mumbai hotel turned into Covid-19 quarantine centre; all safe

The fire broke out on the first floor of the Ripon Palace hotel, located on Belasis road in Mumbai central.

A fire broke out on Tuesday evening at a hotel-turned-quarantine centre in Mumbai’s Nagpada area. No one was reported injured in the incident.

Most of the patients were brought to a place of safety and search operation is on for any missing persons. (ANI photo)

The fire broke out on the first floor of the Ripon Palace hotel, located on Belasis road in Mumbai central. It’s a five-storey structure. Five fire engines and four jumbo tankers were pressed into service to contain the blaze.

There were 25 people at the facility. All of them have been rescued by the fire brigade.

The fire brigade reported it as a level-2 fire.