A 33-year-old fire brigade official was injured in the incident, the officials said on Thursday

A huge tree fell in Savarkar Nagar at 11.35 am, an official said

The tree fall led to crushing an auto-rickshaw and a car, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said

Both the vehicles were unoccupied, he said

Local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot for rescue and clearing work

While the operation was on, a tree branch fell on fireman Uttam Patil, who suffered a minor leg injury which was locally treated, he said

The remaining part of the tree was cut and removed, the official said