Maha: 40 furniture godowns gutted in fire, no casualty

  • | Saturday | 16th October, 2021

Thane, Oct 16 (PTI) Around 40 godowns of wooden furniture were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a wholesale market selling these items at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra"s Thane district, a civic official said on Saturday. Nobody was injured in the blaze that started around 11 pm on Friday at the Mahalaxmi Furniture market located near Kasheli toll plaza, he said. "The fire broke out at one of the furniture godowns, which quickly spread to the adjoining storerooms. Around 40 of these units were completely destroyed in the incident," chief of Thane Municipal Corporation"s Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) Santosh Kadam said. On being informed, the fire brigade personnel from Thane and Bhiwandi, a team of the RDMC and fire engines rushed to the place, he said. "The fire was brought under control by 4.45 am today," Kadam said, adding that the cause of the fire was being probed. PTI COR NP NP


If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

NYOOOZ FRIEND

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Latest Thane headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles

3 kidnap 17-yr-old girl, booked
  • Tuesday | 12th December, 2023
Engineer, cabbie among those arrested by NIA
  • Monday | 11th December, 2023