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- A car caught fire inside Mumbai's Coastal Road southbound tunnel on July 15 at 12.08pm, and the Integrated Command and Control Centre at Breach Candy handled it with no casualties, in the biggest emergency since the centre became operational in October 2025.
- The control room detected the fire through CCTV, the Linear Heat Detection System and a call-box alert, then made announcements in Marathi, Hindi and English and switched the tunnel's Saccardo ventilation fans into emergency smoke-extraction mode.
- Officials said the main problem was not equipment failure but motorist panic, as some drivers abandoned vehicles or reversed, blocking the emergency lane meant for fire engines and rescue vehicles.
- Authorities have since installed additional signage on evacuation procedures and urged drivers to leave vehicles, switch off engines, and exit through the nearest emergency exit rather than reversing or making U-turns.
What to watch next
- Follow-up public awareness campaigns on tunnel evacuation procedures
- Whether officials enforce keeping the emergency lane clear during incidents
- Any review of rescue vehicle access and driver compliance measures in the tunnel
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