Tech Mahindra Fire in Sholinganallur — What Happened, Why Everyone Got Out, and What This Says About Chennai's IT Corridor
Tech Mahindra Fire in Sholinganallur — What Happened, Why Everyone Got Out, and What This Says About Chennai's IT Corridor By BrainBuzz Team | May 2026 | Chennai | 7 min read Tech Mahindra Fire in Sholinganallur — What Happened, Why Everyone Got Out, and What This Says About Chennai's IT Corridor On May 15, 2026, at approximately 5:30 PM, thick black smoke began rising from a warehouse behind the Tech Mahindra campus in Sholinganallur, Chennai. Within minutes, flames were visible. Alarm sirens went off. Thousands of IT employees across multiple companies on Old Mahabalipuram Road were evacuated. Fire tenders from five stations rushed to the scene. And by the end of the evening, one fact stood out above all others: zero casualties. Not a single person injured. Everyone got out. This is the story of what happened, how it happened, and what we still do not know. If you work anywhere on OMR — or if you know someone who does —...
