Fire breaks out at LIC office building in Mumbai's Vile Parle; no injuries

A level-2 fire broke out, on Saturday morning, at the LIC office in Vile Parle west, the fire brigade informed, stating that no casualties were reported and it took almost eight hours to douse the fire.

The incident occurred at around 6.59 am at the LIC office located on the S V Road near the Nanavati Hospital. Starting from the second floor of the ground plus two-floor structure, the blaze covered all sides by 1.50 pm, said the firefighters.

“Due to the blaze and heavy smoke, the fire was extinguished almost after eight hours by 3.12 pm,” said a fire officer.

Issuing a statement post the mishap, the LIC stated, “The Corporation's data centre, which is housed nearby (the fire spot), is safe. All our critical IT assets have adequate disaster recovery set up in place. Hence, there would not be any problem in providing services to customers."

Fire breaks out at LIC office building in Mumbai's Vile Parle; no injuries

The fire erupted early morning and spread to all sides of 2nd floor by late afternoon