However, no causality was reported."There has been good coordination between Mumbai fire brigade personnel and the MbPT fire service team.The firefighters had brought the blaze under control, but "excessive heat" led to reignition at the tank around 4."I am monitoring the operation.30 am on Saturday. But overall, the situation is under control," Rahangdale said but did not specify how long the firefighting operation would continue.According to officials, the fire had broken out around 5 pm on Friday when Mumbai and the surrounding areas witnessed thundershowers. Because of the heat, the foam is not settling down, this is causing reignition. According to Rahangdale, fire brigade personnel involved in the firefighting operation through the night have been relieved and new staff have been deployed there.30 am, on Saturday, the official said.After the fire broke out, vessels in the vicinity of the island have been moved to a distance as a precautionary measure. Firefighting as well as the cooling operations are on.A BPCL spokesperson had said, on Friday, that a lightning strike amid thundershowers was the apparent cause behind the fire.Mumbai: Efforts are still on to extinguish the fire that broke out at a fuel tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust located on the Butcher Island off the east coast of Mumbai, on Friday evening, a top fire brigade official said in Mumbai, on Saturday.Oil tankers discharge crude at the terminal, and it is transported to refineries at nearby Mahul through submerged pipelines, port officials China Semi Rigid Hoses Manufacturers said. The fire brigade team had reached around 10 feet near the blaze-hit tank, but reignition at dawn has posed a new challenge before us.twitter. Foam and other extinguishing agents are being used for the purpose," Mumbai fire brigade chief P S Rahangdale said.com/c6Te0ltD7u— ANI October 7, 2017"Excessive heat caused reignition around 4.Manohar Rao, executive director and head of safety, BPCL, had said that prima facie, the cause of the fire was lightning, though further probe will be carried out on Saturday. pic. So, on one hand our firemen are involved in cooling operations to keep other tanks safe, while on the other, they are also engaged in dousing the flames," he said. "A diesel tank caught fire due to the lightning and thundershowers," he had said.He said firefighters of MbPT as well as the fire brigade team are working in tandem to douse the blaze..Butcher Island houses a marine oil terminal of MbPT.#WATCH: Fire continues to rage at Mumbai's Butcher Island; fuel tankers placed here caught fire last night, fire fighting ops underway."Our main challenge is to keep the other tanks near the affected one safe. However, the blaze is under control," he said.

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