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NAVI MUMBAI, India – Fire broke out at a high-rise apartment building at Sector 44, Nerul Seawoods in Navi Mumbai, a planned city off the West Coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra, on Saturday morning.

Flames were seen spurting from the top two floors of the 21-storey building around 6:30am Saturday.

A large number of fire engines were deployed from the Maharashtra Fire Brigade, the majority of which were from Navi Mumbai.

There were no casualties but we are still trying to douse the fire, a fire officer from Nerul fire brigade told The Hindustan Times.

Firefighters from Vashi, Nerul, Airoli, CBD Belapur and Koparkhairane were deployed to fight the blaze, the HT report said.

(Photo credit: ANI).