Fire at Thane's Uthalsar restaurant burns ground floor; no injuries reported

A fire broke out at a restaurant in the Uthalsar area of Thane West on Friday, November 13. Furniture, electrical equipment and other goods kept on the ground floor were burnt. No one is reported to have been injured.

According to the disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the fire was at My Bar Restaurant and Bar. The restaurant is in Nandgaonkar Heights at Uthalsar Naka, near the ward committee office.

The fire was reported at about 5:42 am. Fire brigade personnel and disaster management cell staff reached the spot immediately and began fighting the blaze.

The fire brigade deployed two fire engines and a rescue vehicle. The disaster management cell also sent a pickup vehicle and its staff to help with relief work. Officers and personnel of Rabodi police were also present.

Through the joint efforts of the fire brigade and the disaster management cell staff, the fire was completely extinguished at about 6:20 am. The fire was thus brought under control within 40 minutes.

The building is ground plus one floor. The fire burnt the restaurant's counter, refrigerator, tables, chairs, television and other items on the ground floor. Further details of the incident are awaited.

In a separate incident, garbage and scrap kept inside a compound at Taryacha Pada on Kolshet Creek Road in Kolshet, Thane (West), caught fire on Wednesday night, November 11. The fire was reported at 10.44 pm, after which fire personnel and disaster management officials reached the spot.

Disaster management officer Yasin Tadvi arrived with fire personnel and a jumbo water tanker. Disaster management cell staff also came with a pickup vehicle, and police personnel were present. With the help of fire and disaster management staff, the fire was completely put out at 12.20 am on Thursday, November 12.

In another separate incident, a fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at a warehouse storing pandal decoration material in Thane city. Civic officials said there were no casualties. According to Yasin Tadvi, head of the regional disaster management cell, emergency services received the call about the fire at 2.02 am. The fire was in a 25 ft by 20 ft shed, used as a warehouse, on an open ground in Kharegaon in the Kalwa area.