Thane: Moving car catches fire in Mumbra, all seven occupants pulled out safely

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A moving car caught fire on the Mumbra Bypass road in Maharashtra's Thane, an official told news agency ANI on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday late at night, the official told ANI.

There were seven occupants, women, two women, and three children, in the car when it caught fire, an official in the Thane Municipal Corporation told ANI, adding that they were pulled out safely.

The car was heading to Thane from Panvel.

As soon as they received word of the incident, firefighters reached the spot and doused the flames.

However, the cause of the fire hasn't been ascertained as yet. Further details are awaited, reported ANI.

Meanwhile, an infant and a woman were killed and five others injured when a residential building, declared as dilapidated and dangerous by authorities earlier, collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district shortly after midnight on Sunday, civic officials told news agency PTI.

The ground plus one-storey structure having six flats and located on Durga Road in Dhobi Talao area of Bhiwandi town collapsed at 12.35 am, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI.

After being alerted, a team of the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) and fire personnel from the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation rushed to the spot.

A search operation was carried out in the night and seven persons were pulled out from the debris. An eight-month-old girl and a woman died while five others were injured, the official told PTI.

The deceased have been identified as Uzma Atif Momin (40) and Taslima Mosar Momin (8 months), he said.

Among the injured were four women and a man aged 65. They were admitted to a local hospital and were reported to be out of danger, the official told PTI.

The search and rescue operation and work to clear the debris was completed at around 3.30 am, the official told PTI.

Officials told PTI that the building was 35 years old and listed as dangerous and classified under C-1 category, which means it was a dilapidated structure that needed to be vacated immediately for demolition.

The civic corporation had already issued notice to the building owners, they told PTI.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)