06 November,2016 11:51 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
A major fire broke out on Sunday morning in a plastic factory in Thane district. According to reports, 10 fire tenders reached at the spot and are trying to douse fire
A major fire broke out on Sunday morning in a plastic factory in Thane district
According to reports, 10 fire tenders reached at the spot and are trying to douse the fire. The cause of the fire that engulfed in a plastic factory of Thane is yet to be ascertained.
More details are awaited.
Another fire destroyed a polyester yarn manufacturing unit in neighbouring Palghar district on Sunday morning, police said. The blaze at the unit located at Kudus under Wada taluka started from one corner of the facility and quickly spread and engulfed the entire structure, reducing it to ashes, Assistant Police Inspector S N Chowdhar of Wada said.
There was as no casualty, he said, adding fire brigade was immediately mobilised from nearby Bhiwandi, Kalyan and other places.
Quoting fire services officials, Chowdhar said till around 10 am only 15 per cent of the blaze was put out and it will take another 5 to 6 hours to completely douse the flames. Thick smoke from burning polyester billowed from the unit making fire-fighting operation difficult, the police official said.
A short circuit was believed to have caused the fire, he said.
- with agency inputs
