06 May,2024 08:45 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A minor fire broke out in a room on the sixth floor of the 11-storey Hinduja Hospital in Khar in Mumbai on Monday, the civic officials said.
They said that no one was injured in the incident.
According to the civic body, the blaze started at 5:55 pm and was doused 10 minutes later.
The fire was confined to wiring, electric installation and panel board.
Four fire engines and other fire brigade vehicles were deployed to douse the fire, the BMC said.
The blaze was doused using one small hose line of three motor pumps after cutting off power supply, the civic body said in a statement.
The officials said that those present at the site also helped in extinguishing the blaze using a hose line of the riser system.
Goods container catches fire in Thane; no person injured
Meanwhile, a container cabin caught fire in Maharashtra's Thane district shortly after midnight on Monday, destroying decoration materials kept in it, civic officials said, as per the PTI.
No person was injured in the incident, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.
The blaze erupted in the container carrying wedding decoration materials near Chuha bridge on Diva-Mumbra road at 12.42 am, he said.
After being alerted, local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot.
The fire was put out by 2 am, the official said, adding that all the materials stored in the container were gutted.
In an another incident on Sunday, a fire broke out in a four-story residential structure in Thane, Maharashtra, destroying 20 electric metres, according to civic officials. The incident occurred on Saturday night at the Noor Mahal Housing Society in the Mumbra neighbourhood.
No injuries were recorded because the building's residents quickly left after the fire broke out at about 11:15 pm. Firefighters, regional disaster management teams, energy supply people, and police all responded rapidly to the issue, reported PTI.
According to the news agency report, the fire, which started in one of the electric meters, spread quickly to others, forcing an immediate response to contain it. After almost an hour of work, the fire was successfully extinguished.
(with PTI inputs)
