
Fire breaks out at Thane mall, two shops destroyed
A fire broke out at a Thane mall on Tuesday morning, destroying two shops located in the premises, civic officials said, reported news agency PTI.
No person was injured in the incident, Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
The blaze erupted at around 8 am on the first floor of the Thane mall located on Ghodbunder Road in Thane, he said.
Local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot after being alerted and put out the blaze after about an hour, the official said, reported PTI.
A shoe shop and an adjacent outlet were completely destroyed, he said.
Cooling operations were underway and a probe was on to ascertain the cause of the fire, the official said.
Fire at 15-storey building in Mumbai`s Kurla put out after two hours
A fire that broke out in a 15-storey residential building in Mumbai`s Kurla East area on January 26 evening was put out after two hours, a fire official said.
As soon as the fire started in the Shivaji Nagar SRA building near Swastik Park, all residents were evacuated in time and no one was injured, the official said.
The `level one` fire (less intensity) broke out around 7 pm and was extinguished after about two hours. It was confined to the electrical duct from the ground floor to the 15th floor, the official said.
The building was evacuated and nobody was trapped, he said.
“Four fire engines, three jumbo tankers and scores of personnel were pressed into service to douse the flames,” added the official.
Fire at furniture market in Mumbai doused after 10 hours; no injuries
A fire that broke out in a furniture market in a western suburb of Mumbai on January 25 morning was put out after nearly 10 hours, an official from the fire brigade said.
No one was injured in the blaze that erupted around 11 am at the Khadakpada furniture market in Goregaon (East), he said.
According to the fire official, the “level 3” (major) fire damaged wooden furniture, mattresses, film-making articles, plastic and thermocol spread over the ground floor and a part of the first floor of the market.
Twelve fire engines, water tankers and other equipment were used in the firefighting operation. The blaze was extinguished around 9 pm, the official said.
The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)