The blaze was reported around 11 pm at a unit situated in the Karivali area of the powerloom hub on the outskirts of Mumbai. Emergency services were alerted immediately after the fire was spotted
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A fire erupted at a textile processing facility in Bhiwandi, located in Maharashtra’s Thane district, late Tuesday night. Officials confirmed that the incident did not result in any injuries.
The blaze was reported around 11 pm at a unit situated in the Karivali area of the powerloom hub on the outskirts of Mumbai. Emergency services were alerted immediately after the fire was spotted.
According to Saquib Kharbe, head of the Disaster Management Cell at the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation, told PTI that two fire tenders were deployed to the site and successfully brought the flames under control.
The exact cause of the fire remains unknown and is being investigated, officials said.
Fire breaks out in garbage heap on Thane’s Pokharan Road, no injuries reported
In another incident, a fire that erupted in a heap of garbage near the Voltas Company in Gandhi Nagar on Pokharan Road No. 2 in Thane (West) was successfully extinguished late Monday night, with no injuries reported, officials said.
According to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), information regarding the incident was received at around 10.20 pm on January 27 from the Balkum Fire Station. Following the alert, teams were promptly dispatched to the site.
Personnel from the Disaster Management Cell arrived at the spot with a pickup vehicle, while the fire brigade deployed one fire engine and a water tanker to contain the blaze. Coordinated efforts by the fire brigade and disaster management staff ensured the fire was completely doused by around midnight.
Officials confirmed that the situation is presently under control and no casualties were reported in the incident.
Seven injured in gas cylinder blast in Mumbai; two critical
Meanwhile, a toddler and six other persons were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in Mumbai's Malad area on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Two of the injured women were in critical condition, they said.
The incident occurred at 9.25 am after a gas leak from a cylinder triggered an explosion at a chawl (row tenement) near Bharat Mata School in Malvani area of Malad (West), they said.
A fire broke out following the blast, damaging several household items and other materials in a room located on the first floor of the two-storey structure, a civic official said.
Seven persons suffered burn injuries. Local residents rushed them to private hospitals from where some of them were later shifted to civic-run medical facilities, he said.
Two of them -- Roma (35) and Alisha (18) -- suffered around 35 per cent burn injuries and their condition was stated to be critical, the official said.
Julekhabano Aftaf Ansari (60) and 2-year-old Adil Shaikh were shifted to the civic-run Cooper Hospital.
Three other persons -- Vijay Choudhary (54), Tuasib Khan (18) and Ali Kasam (17) -- were admitted to the civic-run BDBA Hospital and were later discharged against medical advice, the official added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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