06 May,2026 08:26 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Pic/Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell
A car parked near Jama Masjid in the Kausa area of Mumbra caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). No injuries were reported in the incident.
The civic body said it received information about the fire from the Mumbra Fire Brigade at around 12:41 am on May 6. The fire broke out in a parked Maruti Suzuki Tour car bearing registration number MH 03 DV 9775. The owner of the vehicle is yet to be identified.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot with one fire engine and a rescue vehicle and brought the blaze under control.
According to TMC, the fire was completely extinguished by around 1:10 am and the situation is now under control.
In another incident, a 65-year-old man suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out at a salon and a garments factory unit in Mumbai in the wee hours of Monday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in a shop on the ground floor of a structure located on Salt Pan Road at Sangam Nagar in Wadala at 1.34 am, they said.
The fire was initially confined to the hair-cutting salon's instruments and electric installations, but later spread to the neighbouring garments unit, a civic official said.
A man, identified as Mohd Umar, suffered 8 to 9 per cent burns and was admitted to Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Sion, where his condition was reported to be stable, an official said.
At least four fire engines and other firefighting vehicles were rushed to the spot, and the blaze was brought under control by around 6 am, officials said.
Meanwhile, a day after a fire at an open ground in Navi Mumbai, another blaze erupted on Monday at the same site where scrap materials were dumped, officials said.
No casualties were reported, they said. On Sunday afternoon, scrap items caught fire on the ground in Bhandarli village.
Teams from the Airoli, Koparkhairane and Nerul fire departments had then rushed to the scene with water browsers and fire engines from the Thane Municipal Corporation were also deployed, following which the blaze was brought under control.
Due to the accumulation of scrap material at the site, the fire reignited on Monday. A water bowser was dispatched to the location, an official said.
An earth-excavating machine was also called in to help clear the debris, a fire official said. Thick smoke at the site made firefighting efforts difficult.
