Fire breaks out in meter room at Thane housing society, five meter boxes completely gutted

A fire broke out in the meter box room of a residential building at Platinum Heritage Society in Hiranandani Estate Thane West late on Friday night October 16 Five meter boxes were completely gutted in the incidentFire brought under controlThe fire broke out at around 1152 pm in the meter box room on the ground floor of BWing a 14storey residential building with a ground floor at Platinum Heritage SocietyFire brigade personnel along with a fire engine and a rescue vehicle reached the spot to control the blaze Personnel from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited MSEDCL were also present at the sceneNo further spread reportedThe fire was completely extinguished with the assistance of local residents and fire brigade personnel The situation was brought under control after the firefighting operationFive meter boxes were completely gutted in the fireFire erupts near housing society in Thane three shops damagedIn a separate incident a fire broke out in three shops located near a residential building in Maharashtras Thane city early on Thursday officials saidNo one was injured in the incident they saidThe blaze was reported at 421 am in three business establishments a laser cutting services unit and two selling ceramic household items and tiles near Hill Crest Society on Ghodbunder Road Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Yasin Tadvi saidThe fire brigade and disaster management teams rushed to the spot and the blaze was extinguished by 530 am the official saidNo casualties were reported he said adding that the shops suffered severe damageTwo women dead after fire breaks out in multistorey Palghar buildingMeanwhile two women died and six other persons were rushed to hospital after a massive fire broke out in a 14storey building in Maharashtras Palghar district around midnight on Wednesday officials saidThe blaze was reported at 1210 am at the Imperial Heights building located on the NalasoparaVasai Link Road an official from the VasaiVirar City Municipal Corporations VVMC fire department said adding that 25 persons were rescued from the buildingTwo women identified as Falguni Shah 50 and Ashwini Parkar 50 died after the incident the official saidThey are suspected to have died due to suffocation from heavy smoke as per preliminary information provided by doctors The exact cause of death will be confirmed following the postmortem he saidSix other individuals were rushed to a private hospital for treatment the official saidPanic gripped the building as the fire spread rapidly Four residents took refuge on a small exterior ledge to escape the thick smoke and flames and remained stranded there for nearly 45 minutes VVMC fire personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the trapped individuals using a large crane he saidSeven fire engines battled the flames through the night and the blaze was brought under control by 720 am the official said