A fire broke out on Thursday evening at a crackers shop located in a chawl behind the Malad Police Station in Malad (West) area of Mumbai, civic officials said, adding the firefighting operations were underway.

They said that the incident was reported at around 7:04 pm on Thursday, and officials quickly responded to the scene.

According to information from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Fire Brigade (MFB), the fire was confined to the crackers shop and did not spread to nearby structures.