Thane fire: 30 power meters gutted in fire at building, nobody injured

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Thane fire: As many as thirty electricity meters were reportedly gutted in a fire that broke out in the meter box room of an eight-storey building on Ghodbunder Road in Maharashtra's Thane on Thursday, an official said, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, nobody was injured in the blaze that erupted in the residential building located in Waghbil area around 1 pm, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Thane civic body's disaster management cell.

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"After being alerted about the incident, the local fire brigade personnel and the disaster management cell team rushed to the spot. One fire engine was engaged in the firefighting operation and the flames were doused in an hour," he said, as per the PTI.

Around 45 people, who were stranded in the building due to the fire, were rescued, Tadvi said, according to the PTI.

A 75-year-old woman, who was struck in her flat, was rescued, he said, adding that the cause of the fire is being probed.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a fire broke out in Thane district's Bhiwandi on Tuesday night and the fire was extinguished in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to the preliminary information received the incident occurred at a cotton yarn manufacturing unit located in Osia Mata Compound in Raj Mata Complex in Bhiwandi.

The blaze in the unit began around 9.35 pm. After receiving notification, fire brigade units from Bhiwandi, Thane and Kalyan rushed to the spot.

The officials stated that the Bhiwandi fire brigade unit had deployed two fire engines. At the same time, Thane's team arrived with a jumbo water tanker vehicle and Kalyan's brigade had sent one fire engine to the site. As per the latest update from the officials of the Bhiwandi fire brigade, the fire was completely extinguished by them by approximately 3.35 am on Wednesday.

It hasn't been ascertained yet as to what caused the blaze; however, fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported. The extent of damage caused by the fire is not known either.

In another similar incident, a fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the Byculla area of southern Mumbai, The fire was reported in shops in Sakhali Street 3. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) fire department stated that it was a level two fire.

The blaze, according to the information received, was spread in two shops which were ground+1 and ground+2 structures. The fire brigade officials rescued at least four persons using a staircase of an adjacent G+2 structure.

(with PTI inputs)