01 November,2023 04:34 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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A massive fire broke out at the store room of a consumer goods distributor firm in Wagle Estate area of Thane city in Maharashtra on Wednesday, a civic official said, reported news agency PTI.
Nobody was injured in the incident but the storeroom located on the first floor was gutted, he said, reported PTI.
"The stock of food items and consumer goods was destroyed in the blaze which erupted in noon," the official said, reported PTI.
The fire was doused by two fire engines after about three hours and the cooling operation is underway, he added, reported PTI.
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The exact cause of the fire is under investigation.
In another incident, a dyeing factory was destroyed after a fire broke out in the unit in Maharashtra's Thane district, civic officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.
No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 10 pm in the factory located on Kalyan road in Bhiwandi town, Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation's disaster management officer Sakib Kharbe said, reported PTI.
After being alerted, local firemen along with two fire engines rushed to the spot and put out the blaze in one-and-a-half hours, he said, reported PTI.
Most of the materials in the factory were reduced to ashes, the official said, reported PTI.
The cause of fire was being investigated, he added.
Meanwhile, a fire broke out in a 14-storey residential building in Tilak Nagar area of Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, officials said, reported PTI.
There was no casualty, they said.
The blaze erupted at around 12.30 pm in a flat on the fifth floor of Sahajivan Tower located near Chembur-Santacruz link road flyover, a civic official said, reported PTI.
The fire was confined to electric wiring and installations, household articles and clothes in the flat, civic officials said, reported PTI.
"No one injured in the fire," an official said, reported PTI.
Four fire engines and other fire brigade equipment were rushed to the spot and the blaze was extinguished in less than 30 minutes, officials said, reported PTI. The cause of the fire was not yet known.
(With inputs from PTI)
