28 October,2023 05:21 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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A fire broke out at a godown in which discarded cosmetics were stored in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday, and no casualties were reported in the incident, a civic official said, reported news agency PTI.
The blaze erupted in a shed-like structure, where a stock of cosmetics had been stored, between Bhiwandi and Kalyan towns around 10.30 am, fire officer Khalil Darekar from the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) said, reported PTI.
Eleven fire engines, including four from the BNMC and seven from Kalyan, rushed to the scene and doused the blaze, he said, adding the cause for the fire is yet to be ascertained, reported PTI.
Meanwhile, a fire broke out at a textile manufacturing unit in an industrial area of Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Saturday, an official from the fire brigade said, reported PTI.
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No one was injured in the blaze that erupted at a factory in the Pawna MIDC area around 1.30 am, the official from the fire station said, reported PTI.
Nine fire engines and water tankers of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and MIDC rushed to the spot and battled the blaze till around 8 am when it was brought under control, he said, reported PTI.
The cooling operations were underway, the official said, adding that the cause for the fire will be probed, reported PTI.
According to the district disaster management cell, the factory belonged to a company manufacturing textiles and further details were not immediately available, reported PTI.
In another incident, a fire destroyed a scrap godown in Maharashtra's Thane, a civic official said on Friday, reported PTI.
No one was injured in the fire that broke out around 9.30 pm at Shilphata on Thursday, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of Thane civic body, reported PTI.
Civic and fire officials rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control in about one and a half hours, he said, reported PTI.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, he said, adding that the godown was ravaged in the accident, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
