A major fire has broken out in a slum area near Mumbai’s Bandra station.<br /><br />Video filmed today shows flames and a huge plume of smoke rising above slum dwellings and firefighters attempting to control the fire by dousing it in water.<br /><br />According to local media, an overhead pedestrian bridge at the station was engulfed in flames.<br /><br />More than a dozen fire engines and nearly as many water tankers are being used to fight the fire, which began at 3.45 pm local time in the Behrampada slum, local media said.
