Fire breaks out again in Mumbai's Taj hotel

Tue Dec 9, 2008 2:53am EST
 
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - A fire broke out early on Tuesday in the Taj Mahal hotel, the scene of a bloody siege in the Mumbai attacks, but was quickly put out, a spokesman said.

The fire on the 20th floor was probably caused by a short circuit, spokesman Suresh Rangarajan said.

The 105-year-old Mumbai landmark, which gunmen attacked during a 60-hour siege, is boarded up behind police barricades for renovation.

(Reporting by Rina Chandran; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)

 

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