Thane: Car catches fire inside shed at Wagle Estate, blaze brought under control

A car parked inside a shed on the premises of a groundplusonestorey building caught fire in Shrinagar Wagle Estate Thane West late Saturday night September 26Fire reported near Ayyappa TempleThe incident was reported at around 1148 pm near Ayyappa Temple The vehicle an MG Hector bearing registration number MH 49 BK 5588 was parked inside a shed at the Parnakuti building when it caught fireFire brigade and Disaster Management Cell personnel reached the spot after receiving information about the incidentFire brought under controlOne fire vehicle and one rescue vehicle were deployed by the fire brigade while the Disaster Management Cell sent one utility vehicle to the site Personnel from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited MSEDCL and Shrinagar Police Station were also presentThane Municipal Corporation corporator Gurmukh Singh was also at the scene as emergency teams worked to contain the fireThe fire was completely extinguished at around 1225 am on Sunday No further spread of the fire was reported and the situation was brought under controlBlaze in south Mumbai building doused ten persons rescuedIn a separate incident ten persons were rescued from a fourstorey building after a fire broke out in an electricity meter cabin and two shops in south Mumbais congested Bhuleshwar area on September 25 officials saidThe blaze which erupted around 115 pm in Bhairumal House a groundplusfourstorey building near Mumbadevi Temple was confined to electric wiring electrical installations a common meter cabin a wooden staircase and electric cables in the passage on the ground floor they saidSmoke had entered some shops on the ground floor following which fire brigade personnel opened the locked premises using keys an official saidWhile seven persons stranded on the third floor were brought down safely through the staircase by fire brigade personnel three men on the third floor panicked and moved to a parapet wall on the fourth floor of adjoining ADN building he saidThese three men were also rescued with the help of an aerial ladder platform he addedNo one was hurt in the blaze which was extinguished at 245 pm with the help of four fire tenders after BEST personnel disconnected power supply the official saidPersonnel from the Mumbai Fire Brigade local police 108 ambulance services and municipal ward staff took part in the operation to douse the fire The cause of the fire was being ascertained he informed