12 November,2026 08:59 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Pic/Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell
A fire broke out in garbage and scrap material stored inside a compound at Taryacha Pada on Kolshet Khadi Road in Kolshet, Thane (West), on Wednesday night, November 11.
The incident was reported at 10.44 pm, following which fire brigade personnel and disaster management officials rushed to the spot.
Disaster management officer Yasin Tadvi reached the site along with fire brigade personnel and a jumbo water tanker. Staff from the disaster management cell also arrived with a pickup vehicle, while police personnel were present at the location.
The fire was completely extinguished at 12.20 am on Thursday, November 12, with the assistance of fire brigade personnel and disaster management staff.
In a separate incident, a fire broke out at a godown storing mandap decoration items in Maharashtra's Thane city in the wee hours of Wednesday, civic officials said.
No casualties were reported, they said.
Emergency services received a call at 2.02 am about the blaze at a 25 feet by 20 feet shed used as a godown for mandap decoration items, on a ground in Kharegaon in the Kalwa area, regional disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.
The fire gutted several wooden materials, carpets, decor equipment and the godown shed structure, he said.
Firefighters and disaster management personnel rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze by 3.40 am, the official said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, he added.
Meanwhile, a fire broke out in the air-conditioning unit at the official bungalow of Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik in south Mumbai on Wednesday, fire officials said.
No injuries were reported, they said.
The incident occurred at 11.43 am at Naik's Pawangad Bungalow, located opposite the state secretariat Mantralaya, as per the officials.
The BJP leader, MLA from Airoli in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, was not present in the house at the time of the incident, they said.
After being alerted, the fire brigade rushed to the spot and declared it a Level-I call, the officials said. A Level-I fire is generally handled with the initial deployment of firefighting resources.
The fire brigade took nearly an hour to douse the blaze by 12.42 pm and secure the bungalow, the officials said. The cause of the blaze in the AC unit was not yet clear.
