Thane: 45 godowns destroyed in fire; no casualty reported

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Forty-five godowns where paper, plastic and other scrap items were stored were destroyed in a fire that broke out in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials told the news agency PTI.

No person was injured in the blaze which erupted at 3.40 pm on Tuesday in Uttar Shiv village in the Shil Phata area, Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant told PTI.

Around 10 fire engines from Thane, Navi Mumbai and other areas were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused by about 8.30 am on Wednesday, CIDCO fire officer Pravin Bodke said.

Forty-five godowns, including those where paper, plastic and other scrap material were stored, were completely destroyed in the fire, he said.

Cooling operations were underway at the site, he added.

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Meanwhile, a 70-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in a 13-storey residential building in the Kurla area of Mumbai on Wednesday.

The blaze erupted in the building located in the Premier compound, Kohinoor City, following which some people were stranded on various floors due to smoke in the premises. They all were taken to the building's terrace and rescued from there, a civic official told PTI.

The fire was confined between the 4th and 10th floors, he said.

A woman, identified as Shakuntala Ramani, was injured in the fire. She was rushed to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital where doctors declared her "brought dead", the official said.

After the Mumbai police room received the blaze alert, four fire engines and several other fire-fighting vehicles were rushed to the spot. Efforts were on to douse the blaze, the official said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

(With inputs from PTI)