Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
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A fire broke out in the three-storeyed Nateshwar Bhawan in Mumbai’s Khar Danda Road on Friday, which has a dance institute run by renowned dancer Terence Lewis. Lewis’s dance academy was also caught in the fire. Around 20 dancers were rehearsing in the studio at the time but thankfully everyone was evacuated on time. No injuries were reported.

“The fire was first spotted by a student on the ground floor. The tarpaulin shed on the terrace had caught the fire and was spreading rapidly”, says a watchman at the building. After the fire brigade arrived the area was evacuated and the fire authorities took charge of the situation. It took four fire engines and two water tankers around an hour to bring the fire under control.

“The fire was caused by a short circuit in an air conditioner,” said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) field officer Swapnil Joshi, who was at the spot.”A spark from the short-circuit landed on clothes kept next to the air-conditioner and it spread to a tarpaulin sheet placed on one side of the building”, said Nath M Lokhande, the duty officer at the Khar police station.

Terrance Lewis arrived at the site a few hours later and said, “I have just come to inspect the damage and see that all is ok”. He informed his worried fans that there was no casualty and that everyone was safe through his Twitter account.

And he also thanked the policeman and called the fire brigade as ‘Super Heroes’ in another post.