Thane: Fire destroys 36 electricity meters in police complex

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Around 36 electricity meters were gutted in a fire that broke out on Saturday morning, a civic official said. The incident occured in a police residential complex near Thane Jail.

According to the officials, there were no reports of injured people. "The fire that took place in the meter room of Building No 4 of the police quarters at around 10:25am," Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said.

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He added that the blaze was put out immediately, but 36 electricity meters were completely destroyed.

(With inputs from PTI)