India, April 30 -- A fire tore through a three-storey shopping complex on Linking Road in Bandra West on Tuesday, and raged for over 12 hours before it was contained at around 4.30 pm. According to preliminary investigations, the blaze started at around 4 am in the Croma outlet in the basement of the Link Square shopping complex, owned by former MLA Zeeshan Siddique.

The fire is suspected to have been sparked by a short circuit. As the flames quickly climbed all three storeys and leapt from the gutted roof, they destroyed every shop in the complex. No injuries or casualties were reported.

The Mumbai Fire Brigade received a distress call at 4:11 am and rushed to the site. After the fire spread from the basement to the top three storeys a...