<p>A massive <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/technical-team-asked-to-submit-report-on-best-e-bus-fire-in-mumbai-23522389" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>fire broke out</strong></a> in multiple scrap units in the early hours of Saturday in Thakur Pada area of Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, the civic officials said.</p>
<p>The blaze was reported in scrap units in Irani Masjid, Thakur Pada in Dahisar area of Navi Mumbai, the officials said.</p>
<p>The fire began at around 1:19 am and was reported to the Disaster Management Control Room at approximately 4:15 am, the officials said.</p>
<p>Following the information regarding the blaze several fire engines and officials rushed to the spot to launch a major fire-fighting operation, they said.</p>
<p>The blaze started in a cluster of 25 to 30 temporary scrap units, built using tin sheets, which stored plastic items, tar drums, empty metal drums, compressors, and other scrap materials, an official said.</p>
<p>He said that all of these makeshift structures were completely destroyed in the fire.</p>
<p>Fire brigades from several areas including teams from Koparkhairane, CBD Belapur, Kalamboli, Nerul, Vashi, and Thane rushed to the spot to join the fire-fighting operations, an official said</p>
<p>Each team arrived with either fire engines or high-rise fire-fighting vehicles to launch a rescue and relief operation, the official said.</p>
<p>Due to the intense flames, the fire-fighters conducted a nearly nine-hour operation and finally brought the blaze under control, he said, adding that by around 10:30 am on Saturday the fire was completely extinguished.</p>
<p>"No injuries were reported in the incident," an official said.</p>
<p>A probe is on to find out what caused the fire, he said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in an another incident, a minor fire broke out late on Friday night at a housing society in Khopat area of Thane (West), the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-fire-brigades-new-training-centre-to-prep-firemen-for-blasts-quakes-and-high-rise-rescues-23522454" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Municipal Corporation</strong></a> (TMC) officials said.</p>
<p>The incident occurred at around 11 pm on Friday.</p>
<p>The fire started in a flat on the second floor of the building, which is a ground plus three-storey residential structure.</p>
<p>The fire was limited to the AC outdoor unit placed on the window, the RDMC officials said.</p>
<p>The fire brigade rushed to the spot along with one rescue vehicle and one fire engine.</p>
<p>The fire was completely extinguished by 11:10 pm and no one was injured in the incident, the officials said.</p><p><script type="text/javascript">atOptions={'key':'d0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7','format':'iframe','height':90,'width':728,'params':{}};</script></p><p>
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