Four fires in Thane on Tuesday: three garbage heaps and a tree, no injuries

The Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation said at least four fires were reported in the city on Tuesday. Three involved heaps of garbage and in the fourth a tree burned. No one was injured in any of the incidents.

According to the RDMC, the first incident was at 12.47 am in Panchpakhadi, Thane West, where a garbage heap caught fire in front of the Automatic Society in Dharmaveer Nagar. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot with one fire engine, and the disaster management cell sent a utility vehicle. The fire was fully put out by 1.15 am.

At 4.20 pm, a minor fire broke out in garbage near Chuha Bridge in Diva. Firefighters arrived with a fire engine and a rescue vehicle and brought the fire under control.

At 5.10 pm, garbage lying in an open plot in Runwal Nagar, Thane West, caught fire. One fire engine reached the spot and put out the blaze.

The fourth incident was at 6.39 pm at Dongri Pada in Hiranandani Estate, Thane West, where a tree caught fire. Firefighters arrived with a rescue vehicle and fully extinguished it. The RDMC said the fire was brought under control in all four incidents and no one was injured.

Earlier, on Monday night, a major fire broke out in two plastic warehouses of Nainy Enterprises, owned by Saddam Khan, at Thakurpada in Dahisar village. The fire was reported at 10.41 pm and brought under control at 4.30 am on Tuesday. Firefighters from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Thane Municipal Corporation and the Panvel Municipal Corporation reached the spot with a total of six fire engines. The Navi Mumbai disaster management cell said the fire had been fully extinguished.

On Monday night, two minor fires also broke out in plastic tarpaulins on shop and building roofs in Thane. At 11.21 pm, the plastic tarpaulin on a shop roof near Shreya Bar in Shantinagar, Wagle Estate, caught fire. Firefighters arrived with a rescue vehicle, and staff of the power distribution company Mahavitaran were also present. The fire was fully put out.

The second incident, at 11.02 pm, involved the plastic tarpaulin on the roof of the Gujarati Chawl in Nagsen Road on Kharkar Road (Kharton Road in the source). Firefighters arrived with a fire engine and Mahavitaran staff, and the fire was put out by 11.15 pm.

Officials had said on Monday that eight fires were recorded in Thane in the 24 hours up to Sunday. They occurred in different parts of the city, including Manpada, Kasarvadavali, Kopri, Vartak Nagar, Kalwa and Wagle Estate. The fires involved residential buildings, a washing machine, wooden items, plastic banners, scrap and the plastic tarpaulin roof of a shop. The civic body received reports of all eight incidents within the same 24-hour period. Three of the incidents were fires in buildings in Thane.