03 February,2026 09:36 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Pic/Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell
One person was injured after a heavy truck collided with another vehicle near Kharegaon Toll Naka in the Retibandar area of Kalwa, Thane (West), early Tuesday morning, officials said.
According to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, the accident occurred around 6.02 am on the road leading towards Mumbra. A heavy Ashok Leyland truck (MH 04 KU 2012), carrying debris and garbage from Mulund Dumping Ground to Mumbra, rammed into an unidentified vehicle moving ahead of it.
The truck was owned by Rupesh Talwar and driven by Rajkumar (32), a resident of Taloja. Following the collision, the driver was trapped inside the vehicle.
Fire brigade personnel, including a divisional officer and sub-station officer, rushed to the spot with a fire engine and a rescue vehicle. Teams from the Disaster Management Cell, city traffic police and staff from Kalwa Police Station were also deployed, along with an ambulance.
The trapped driver was successfully rescued from the cabin. He sustained serious injuries to his leg and was admitted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, traffic police personnel were engaged in clearing the accident site by shifting the damaged vehicle to the side of the road to restore traffic movement.
In another incident, a fire broke out in an electric duct on the 10th floor of a residential high-rise in Thane West early Tuesday, leaving two residents injured and prompting the evacuation of dozens of people, officials said.
According to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the incident was reported at around 4.14 am at Milan Hill Building, a ground-plus-18-storey structure located near Shastri Nagar Naka in Shastri Nagar. The information was initially relayed to civic authorities by a journalist.
Fire brigade personnel, along with officials from the Disaster Management Cell, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) and the Mahanagar Gas Company, rushed to the spot. The emergency response included one fire engine, one rescue vehicle and a utility vehicle.
The blaze damaged the electric duct between the 10th and 13th floors. The main doors of two flats on the 10th floor - Room No. 1005, owned by Pushparaj Mendhan, and Room No. 1006, owned by Vidya Jadhav - were also charred.
Heavy smoke from the fire trapped nearly 60 to 70 residents inside the building. Of these, four occupants in Room No. 1005 and three in Room No. 1006 were stranded on the 10th floor. All were safely evacuated by fire brigade personnel and disaster management staff as a precautionary measure, officials said.
Two residents sustained burn injuries in the incident. A 74-year-old woman, Ruchira Deshmukh, a resident of Room No. 1104, suffered burns to both hands and was admitted to Jupiter Hospital. Another injured resident, Vivek Pradhan (62), who lives in Room No. 1502, sustained burns to his hand and leg and was admitted to Bethany Hospital.
The fire was brought under control and completely extinguished by around 5.30 am. Officials said the situation is now stable and under control.
