Thane fire tragedy: Two dead, two injured in fire at Gaondevi vegetable market in Naupada

A major fire broke out at the Gaondevi Vegetable Market building on Gokhale Road in Naupada Thane West in the early hours of Thursday leaving two civic personnel dead and two firefighters injured officials saidWATCH Maharashtra A fire broke out in several shops in the Gaondevi Market near the Thane district station complex Fire tenders are present at the spot and efforts to douse the fire are underway pictwittercomiaJPk5u9v8mdash ANI ANI May 21 2026The incident was reported to the Thane Municipal Corporationrsquos TMC Disaster Management Cell at around 343 am by local corporator Sanjay WaghuleA massive firefighting and rescue operation was launched immediately with multiple civic and emergency agencies rushing to the spotThe deceased have been identified as Kalu Shankar Gadekar 53 a security guard with the Thane Municipal Corporation and Sagar Shinde 43 a station officer with the Thane fire brigadeKalu Shankar Gadekar aged 53 Security Guard Thane Municipal Corporation Pic Special ArrangementSagar Suryakant Shinde aged 43 Station Officer Thane Fire Brigade Pic Special ArrangementTwo fire brigade personnel Station Officer Sujit Pashte 45 and fire brigade tandel Sameer Jadhav 40 sustained injuries during the operation Both were admitted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa where they are currently undergoing treatmentSenior civic officials including additional and deputy commissioners the chief fire officer disaster management officials police personnel and MSEDCL staff are present at the site overseeing operationsFirefighters are battling the blaze with the help of five fire engines jumbo water tankers rescue vehicles ambulances and private water tankers Efforts are continuing to bring the fire under control and prevent further damageMassive fire erupts at warehouse and garage in Thanersquos Kolshet areaIn a similar incident a major fire broke out at a cardboard warehouse and a nearby garage in Thanersquos Kolshet area on Tuesday morning officials saidThe incident was reported around 740 am near the Last Bus Stop on Pipeline Road in Taricha Pada Thane West according to the TMCs Disaster Management CellSoon after the alert personnel from the Disaster Management Cell rushed to the spot with a pickup vehicle while teams from the Fire Brigade deployed two fire engines and a jumbo water tanker to contain the blazeAuthorities said there were no injuriesFirefighters and disaster management officials brought the fire under controlFire breaks out at Andheri railway reservation officeIn a separate incident a fire broke out at the Andheri East railway reservation office in suburban Mumbai on Monday evening following a short circuit near the Passenger Reservation System PRS counter officials saidThe incident occurred at around 620 pm causing brief panic among staff and passengers present at the booking officeFire safety personnel immediately used fire extinguishers to douse the flamesThe fire was brought under control by 635 pm preventing it from spreading to other parts of the officeOfficials said that no injuries were reported in the incidentPolice and civic officials reached the spot soon after the incident to assess the situation Preliminary findings suggest that an electrical short circuit triggered the fire