Hyderabad, April 27 -- A fire that broke out at a Mahindra service centre near the Amberpet flyover in Hyderabad on Monday evening, April 27, has been largely brought under control, with firefighting teams continuing damping operations to prevent re-ignition, officials said.

The blaze erupted at the ground-floor facility on Road no 6, Golnaka, and is suspected to have originated in an office room where waste scrap carton boxes had been stored. Fire service units from Musheerabad Fire Station, along with a water bowser from Gowliguda, rushed to the spot and swiftly contained the fire to the scrap material, preventing it from spreading to the rest of the building.

In an update issued later, officials said the main fire had been completely...