Ludhiana, Dec. 15 -- Two separate fire incidents were reported in the city on Saturday night. However, no injuries or casualties were reported in either case, fire officials said.

In the first incident, smoke was noticed inside a prominent mall located on Ferozepur Road, triggering concern among shoppers, cinema-goers and staff. The fire was reported on the ground floor of the mall, where a clothing outlet detected flames near its billing counter. As the mall was witnessing heavy footfall due to weekend movie shows, visitors were immediately guided out as a precautionary measure.

Mall staff responded swiftly and used in-house fire safety equipment to control the flames at the initial stage, while the fire brigade was alerted simultaneou...