India, Feb. 23 -- A fire broke out near the entry ramp of the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel at Marine Drive on Sunday afternoon, prompting a response from the Mumbai Fire Brigade. No injuries were reported.

Chief fire officer Ravindra Ambulgekar said the fire control room received a call at 1:50pm about a blaze near the tunnel entry. Fire tenders reached the spot at 1:58pm and extinguished the flames within minutes.

The fire was confined to garbage collected between the seashore and the tetrapods along the promenade. It was put out using a first-aid line from a water quick response vehicle. One fire engine, a water quick response vehicle and a 108 ambulance were deployed.

Mantayya Swami, chief engineer of the Mumbai Coastal Road project, ...