Panvel fire brigade handles 28 fire calls in 24 hours, no lives lost

A total of 28 fire incidents were recorded in the Panvel Municipal Corporation area and surrounding localities in the past 24 hours. The corporation's fire department received fire calls from various places between 8 am on November 8 and 8 am on November 9, and had a busy day throughout.

The incidents included fires in garbage, grass, trees, buildings and other places. The fire department said no one lost their life in any of them. A fire broke out on a hillside at Pushpak Nagar in Panvel. Fire crews were also called to Sai Nagar, including to the Sai Developers and Kamthi House buildings, and to other locations.

Within the Kalamboli centre's limits, garbage and grass caught fire at Roadpali Sector 20. The department's report also mentions fires at Kamothe Sector 36, Taloja Phase 1, the metro depot area, Khutari village and a godown at Nambeche village. Fire crews had to go to various societies and complexes in the Kamothe area seven times. In New Panvel, garbage caught fire in the Delhi Vichi area, while a tree caught fire in Shanti Colony Sector 5.

A fire at Sai Packing, outside the limits of the Taloja industrial area, has been separately recorded as a major incident. According to the Panvel fire department's 24-hour report, 28 calls came in between 8 am on November 8 and 8 am on November 9, of which 27 were minor and only one was major. That one major incident was at Sai Packing. The report says no one lost their life in this incident either.

The fires were reported in Panvel, Kalamboli, Kamothe and New Panvel. The number of fire incidents in 24 hours drew attention. With no loss of life in any of them, a major tragedy was averted.