Thane: Fire breaks out in textile processing unit in Bhiwandi town; none hurt

A fire erupted at a textile processing facility in Bhiwandi located in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district late Tuesday night Officials confirmed that the incident did not result in any injuriesThe 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 spottedAccording 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 controlThe exact cause of the fire remains unknown and is being investigated officials saidFire breaks out in garbage heap on Thanersquos Pokharan Road no injuries reportedIn 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 saidAccording to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC information regarding the incident was received at around 1020 pm on January 27 from the Balkum Fire Station Following the alert teams were promptly dispatched to the sitePersonnel 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 midnightOfficials confirmed that the situation is presently under control and no casualties were reported in the incidentSeven injured in gas cylinder blast in Mumbai two criticalMeanwhile a toddler and six other persons were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in Mumbais Malad area on Tuesday morning officials saidTwo of the injured women were in critical condition they saidThe incident occurred at 925 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 saidA fire broke out following the blast damaging several household items and other materials in a room located on the first floor of the twostorey structure a civic official saidSeven persons suffered burn injuries Local residents rushed them to private hospitals from where some of them were later shifted to civicrun medical facilities he saidTwo of them Roma 35 and Alisha 18 suffered around 35 per cent burn injuries and their condition was stated to be critical the official saidJulekhabano Aftaf Ansari 60 and 2yearold Adil Shaikh were shifted to the civicrun Cooper HospitalThree other persons Vijay Choudhary 54 Tuasib Khan 18 and Ali Kasam 17 were admitted to the civicrun BDBA Hospital and were later discharged against medical advice the official addedWith inputs from PTI