Fires hit warehouses and handcarts in Bhiwandi, Navi Mumbai and Thane; no casualties reported

A major fire broke out early on Tuesday in a scrap godown in the Lohoti Compound area of Bhiwandi in Thane district. According to a municipal corporation official, the fire spread to a nearby powerloom factory.

The fire was reported at 2.03 am. Firefighters brought it under control after considerable effort, the official said. The factory was burnt to the ground, but local residents and workers had already moved machines, raw cloth and other goods to safe places.

Another incident occurred at Talavali in Navi Mumbai, where a fire broke out at a timber godown at around 2 pm. It was brought under control within an hour and a half. No casualties have been reported in either the Bhiwandi or the Talavali incident.

Meanwhile, a fire broke out early on Wednesday in a godown storing marquee decoration material in Thane city in Maharashtra. Municipal officials said there were no casualties in this incident either.

According to Yasin Tadvi, head of the regional disaster management cell, a 25-foot-long and 20-foot-wide shed on a ground at Kharegaon in the Kalwa area was being used as a godown for marquee decoration material. Emergency services were informed of the fire at 2.02 am.

Tadvi said the fire destroyed several wooden items, carpets, decoration equipment and the godown shed. Firefighters and disaster management personnel reached the spot and put out the fire by 3.40 am. He added that the cause of the fire is being investigated.

A fire also broke out early on Wednesday, November 11, at the Maharashtra Nagar vegetable market in Kisan Nagar No. 1, Wagle Estate, Thane (West). Three handcarts were damaged. No one was hurt.

According to the Wagle fire station, the fire brigade was informed of the fire at about 5.55 am. Of the three burnt handcarts, two were used to sell vegetables and one to sell Diwali goods. Firefighters who arrived with one fire engine brought the fire under control by 6.06 am. Employees of the power distribution company and personnel of Shrinagar police station were also present at the spot.

The fire was fully extinguished and the situation is under control. No deaths or injuries have been reported in this incident either.