NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a garment godown in Dharavi, India's largest slum, in financial capital Mumbai Friday, police said.
There have been no reports of casualty or major damage to properties so far, a police official said.
"The fire started at one of the rooms of the two-storey garment godown in Dharavi Transit this morning. Soon it engulfed parts of the building," he said.
Some eight fire tenders were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control, the official said. "Only parts of the godown have been gutted in the fire," he added.
Though an electrical short-circuit is suspected to be the reason behind the fire, a probe has been ordered to ascertain the exact cause, the official said.
Dharavi, home to 700,000 people, is not only India's largest slum, but also one of the largest in the world.
Last year, more than 150 hutments and godowns were gutted in a massive fire in Dharavi's Premnagar slum quarter.
