According to the civic officials, the incident took place on Sunday afternoon at around 2 pm when a huge tree suddenly collapsed on a shop near Khandoba Temple located at Khartan Road in Thane west

Upon receiving the information the officials of the Thane Fire Brigade, civic officials and the officials of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) rushed to the spot and launched a rescue and relief operation

"Those injured in the incident were immediately rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention," an official said

Primary details suggest that the huge tree fell on a shops which sell flowers, injuring people present at the spot, he said

Those injured in the incident include a 45-year-old woman, two girls aged 16 and 15-year-old and a 75-year-old man, the officials said

Out of the four injured in the incident, three people have been seriously injured and one have sustained minor injuries. All four are under going treatment at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa. They are all local residents of Khartan Road in Thane, the official said

He said that the work of removing the fallen tree is under process