India, Sept. 25 -- Vehicular movement on Mumbai's Coastal Road was halted for about an hour on Thursday morning after a car caught fire, prompting the Mumbai Traffic Police to issue an advisory to commuters.

The incident occurred around 9.30 am inside the southbound tunnel of the Coastal Road near Tardeo, said officials. Both southbound and northbound lanes were temporarily closed as firefighters rushed to the scene to control the blaze.

"Traffic movement is stopped at Coastal Road (Tardeo) southbound and northbound due to a car fire," the Mumbai Traffic Police said in a post on its X handle.

Traffic was diverted at Haji Ali and the Worli connector to ease congestion while emergency services managed the situation. No casualties were re...