A major fire broke out at a scrap compound in suburban Mankhurd on Tuesday morning, gutting some waste oil drums and other material lying there, a fire brigade official said. No casualty was reported so far, he said.

The fire brigade got a call around 6 am about the blaze in the scrap compound in Mandala locality near Mankhurd-Ghatkopar Link Road following which its personnel rushed to the site. "Initially, it was reported as a level I fire, but around 6.38 am, it was declared as a level III (major) blaze, which was confined to scrap material and waste oil drums in five scrap godown sheds in an area about 15,000 sq ft," the official said.