At least 25 construction workers were fast asleep at the spot when the fire started. All of them moved out safely, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation
The shed had been set up by the contractor carrying out the repairs of the Saket bridge in Thane West and was being used to house labourers and store materials like thinner and polymer chemicals, he said
After being alerted about the incident, which started a few minutes past midnight, firefighters and civic rescuers rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire in an hour. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined, he added
Meanwhile, in an another incident, nearly 50 people were rescued after a fire erupted in a six-storey corporate park at suburban Mulund in Mumbai on Tuesday morning, officials said
Those rescued had been stranded on various floors of the smoke-filled building, where the fire started around 9.25 am, a civic official said
They were moved to safety through a staircase and with the help of turn-table ladders. There are no reports of any injury to anyone so far, the official said
Another civic official said the fire is confined to the sixth floor of the building Avior Corporate Park on LBS Road
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