15 November,2023 09:08 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
The Bhiwandi cotton yarn manufacturing unit caught fire/ Bhiwandi Fire Brigade
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.
Owned by one Mahesh Goyal, the blaze in the unit began around 9.35 pm last night. 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.
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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.
The fire, according to the officials, was confined to shoes, footwear & leather stock, garments, electric wiring, electric installation, etc. in various gallas on the ground floor of G+1 & G+2 Structure and household articles, cloths, electric wiring, electric installation, etc on G+2 structure.
They stated that nearly nine hose lines of eight motor pump are in operation to douse fire still meanwhile they stated that no injuries were reported in the fire incident.
