20230419 Fire erupts in Thane business park, spreads to adjoining mall; nine cars gutted
India Apr 19 2023 “Automobile & Railway” “Building” “Office bldg.”
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Fire erupts in Thane business park, spreads to adjoining mall; nine cars gutted
Updated: 2023-04-19
THANE: A major fire broke out in a six-storey commercial building housing nearly 90 offices in Thane’s Kapurbawdi area late on Tuesday, civic rescue officials said.
The blaze spread to adjoining structures, including a multiplex and a parking lot, and was yet to be controlled till midnight. No one was injured in the incident as visitors and staff were evacuated in time, officials said.
As many as five fire-fighting vans, eight water tankers and a huge team of firefighters were deployed to control the blaze that probably got sparked off due to a fault in the AC system. A probe will be launched in the incident, officials said. There are no residential structures in close vicinity of the affected commercial building.
Avinash Sawant, chief at the regional disaster management cell, said they received the alert about the fire in Orion business park located along Ghodbunder Road. The flames later spread to the adjoining Cinewonder mall and a parking lot. The fire gutted nine cars in the parking lot. Even as the incident was reported around 8. 15pm, the blaze wasn’t controlled till the time of going to press.
Meanwhile, a blaze broke out outside Naigaon railway station and destroyed over 15 motorbikes and in Makhurd, a fire gutted a godown.
Web Source: The Times of India