The blaze was reported at an accommodation container in Thane on Friday, the civic officials said. Pics/RDMC
A 35-year-old man narrowly escaped after a container serving as temporary accommodation for him caught fire in the early hours of Friday in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said
But six goats kept inside the container were killed in the incident that took place around 2 am in the Retibunder area near the 'Ganesh Visarjan Ghat'
The fire also damaged three commercial gas cylinders, generators, some equipment and a motorbike, the official said
A civic official said that the firefighters reached the spot and put out the fire, whose cause is yet to be determined
Following the incident multiple agencies including the local police, fire brigade officials and the officials from disaster management cell rushed to the spot
The fire was later extinguished by the officials and a cooling operation was later launched by the officials
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