Police vehicle catches fire near Nitin Company junction in Thane's Wagle Estate, no injuries

A police vehicle caught fire near Nitin Company junction in Louiswadi, in the Wagle Estate area of Thane West, in the early hours of Saturday, 7 November. According to the Pachpakhadi fire station, information about the incident was received at around 12.04 am. The fire broke out near Nitin Company junction, opposite Axis Bank.

The vehicle that caught fire was a Mahindra Scorpio belonging to the police. It was parked at the spot when it caught fire.

On receiving the information, a fire brigade vehicle rushed to the spot. Staff of the disaster management cell and a utility vehicle also reached the site. Together they began fire-fighting work.

The firefighters put out the fire completely by 12.19 am on Saturday and brought the situation under control. No injuries or deaths have been reported in the incident. The officials' information does not state the cause of the fire.

On the same day, there was another, separate fire incident in Thane. Two autorickshaws caught fire near Life Line Hospital in the Khopat area of Thane West in the early hours of Saturday, 7 November. Officials said no injuries have been reported in this incident either.

According to the Pachpakhadi fire station, information about this fire was received at around 1.53 am. On receiving it, a fire brigade vehicle rushed to the spot. Staff of the Rabodi police station also reached the site along with them.

The firefighters immediately began fire-fighting work and put out the fire completely by 2.07 am. The situation was then brought under control.

Both the autorickshaws damaged in the fire were found to be Bajaj make. Their registration numbers are MH 04 HZ 2856 and MH 04 HZ 6153. The first was owned by Narendra Surve; details of the owner of the second autorickshaw are not available.

No injuries or deaths have been reported in this incident either. The fire brigade's information does not state the cause of the fire. The information says the fires were put out in both incidents and the situation was brought under control.