Container truck cabin catches fire on Thane's Ghodbunder Road, causing traffic jam

The cabin of a container truck caught fire on Ghodbunder Road in Thane on Saturday, October 24, in the afternoon. No one was injured, but the fire caused a traffic jam in the area that lasted a long time.

The fire was reported at around 1.07 pm. The incident took place at Patlipada in Thane West, near Patlipada Bridge, opposite Horizon Hospital.

According to the information available, the fire broke out in the cabin of a Tata container truck with registration number NL 01 AK 0485. The truck's driver, Shrikrishna Tadas, was travelling from Vasai to Pune. The container was empty at the time.

On seeing the fire, the driver stopped the truck by the roadside and got out for safety. He was not hurt.

Staff of Kasarvadavali police station, traffic police, the disaster management department and a fire brigade team reached the spot on receiving the information. The fire brigade deployed one fire engine and one rescue vehicle to fight the fire.

With the help of disaster management personnel, firefighters brought the fire under control and extinguished it completely at around 1.45 pm. By then the truck's cabin had been completely gutted.

Vehicle movement on Ghodbunder Road came to a halt and heavy congestion built up for some time. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

A similar incident occurred in Mumbra, Thane, in the early hours of Tuesday, October 20. A small fire broke out in the cabin of a truck at the Y junction in Mumbra, near Mumbra Bridge.

According to information from Shil fire station, the incident took place at around 2.12 am. In a Tata truck with registration number HR 55 AK 2057, the electric fuse board inside the cabin caught fire. Officials said no one was injured.

The truck was being driven by Sonu Singh. He was heading from Mumbra Bridge towards Shilphata with an empty truck when the incident occurred.

On receiving the information, firefighters reached the spot with one fire engine. The fire was completely put out with the help of local residents. The situation was then brought under control and no one was hurt. Shil fire station described it as a minor vehicle fire.