Three fire tenders rushed to the spot immediately after receiving information about the incident. Firefighting teams were engaged in efforts to douse the flames and bring the situation under control
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A massive fire broke out at a chemical company located in the Taloja Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area of Navi Mumbai on Friday, reported news agency ANI.
Three fire tenders rushed to the spot immediately after receiving information about the incident. Firefighting teams were engaged in efforts to douse the flames and bring the situation under control, as reported by ANI.
Thick smoke from the blaze spread to the surrounding areas, triggering concern among residents. However, no casualties have been reported so far, officials said.
Further details regarding the incident are awaited.
Fire breaks out at power loom factory
Earlier, on Wednesday, a fire had broken out at a power loom factory in Khoni village’s Siddharth Nagar area during the early hours, according to officials. The situation worsened after a cylinder at the site exploded, leaving one firefighter injured.
Fire officials later confirmed that the blaze was successfully brought under control. The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
40 rescued from Mumbai housing complex fire
Nearly 40 people were rescued after a fire broke out at a 23-storey residential building in Mumbai's Andheri West area on Thursday morning, officials said.
Nobody was injured in the fire that started around 10 am at Sorrento Tower near Country Club on Veera Desai Road, they said.
A civic official said 30-40 persons were rescued from the 16th-floor refuge area through the staircase, while three others, including a woman, were moved to safety from a flat on the 15th floor using breathing apparatus.
The fire affected the wiring and other components in the electrical shaft between the 10th and 21st floors, routers, shoe racks and wooden furniture near the duct on various floors, he said. It gutted the 12th, 13th and 14th floors, he added.
The 14th floor houses the premises of filmmaker Sandeep Singh, known for films such as Mary Kom, Sarbjit, Aligarh, Jhund, Savarkar, Safed and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, among others, reported PTI.
Singh had been discharged from Kokilaben Hospital earlier after undergoing hernia treatment. Actor Ankita Lokhande and her husband Vicky Jain immediately took him to their residence as a precautionary measure, reported PTI.
The fire brigade deployed at least four fire engines and other equipment and put out the fire at 11.37 am, the official said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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