A fire broke out in the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) meter box room at Rajhans Annex Society in Naupada, Thane, on Friday afternoon, triggering heavy smoke and prompting the evacuation of around 135 residents as a precautionary measure.

The incident was reported at around 2:08 pm on Friday, at the ground-floor meter box room of the ground-plus-seven-storey Rajhans Annex Society near Pranav Society, beside Rajmahal Jewellers and opposite Gaondevi Bus Depot in Gaondevi, Naupada, Thane West.