National Security Guards commandos took positions in Mumbai's Colaba market area on November 27, 2008, as up to 100 people were killed and 300 wounded in coordinated attacks by gunmen across Mumbai. Army soldiers deployed to the Taj Mahal Hotel and Nariman House, the scene of one of the string of terror attacks, while NSG commandos readied for encounters with the terrorists and firefighters worked to extinguish fires at the Taj Hotel.