Fire breaks out at Thane auto garage compound, six vehicles gutted

A fire broke out in garbage and several parked vehicles at an auto garage in Wagle Estate area of Thane in the early hours of Thursday officials said No injuries were reported in the incidentAccording to the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC the fire was reported at around 1259 am on March 5 2026 after information was received from the Wagle Fire StationThe blaze occurred in garbage and six fourwheeler vehicles parked in an open space at Achutanand Auto Garage located at Arastu Compound Hanuman Nagar Road No 28 Wagle Estate Thane West The garage owner has been identified as Babu BeheraPersonnel from the Police along with fire brigade teams equipped with two fire engines and two rescue vehicles and staff from the Disaster Management Cell with a pickup vehicle rushed to the spot and launched firefighting operationsOfficials said the fire was completely extinguished by around 150 am and the situation was brought under controlVehicles damaged in the fireAs per preliminary information several vehicles were damaged in the blaze A Maruti Swift MH 04 DR 4671 sustained internal damage due to the fire while a Maruti 800 Maruti Suzuki Eeco and Tata Indigo were completely gutted The owners of these vehicles are yet to be identifiedIn addition two scrap vehicles mdash a Hindustan Ambassador and a Tata ACE mdash were completely destroyed in the fireAuthorities confirmed that no casualties or injuries were reported and further investigation into the cause of the fire is underwayCar parked on open ground gutted in fire SUV damagedIn another incident a car was completely gutted while a sports utility vehicle SUV parked next to it was partly damaged after they caught fire on an open ground on Ghodbunder Road in Maharashtras Thane city on Wednesday an official saidNobody was injured in the incident that occurred around 11 am on the Nepro Ground said Yasin Tadvi chief of the Thane Disaster Management CellTwo fourwheelers parked on the ground suddenly caught fire The incident was reported by a local resident following which personnel from the Disaster Management Cell rushed to the spot with a pickup vehicle while fire brigade teams reached with a fire engine he saidA car was completely gutted in the blaze while an SUV was partially damaged he saidAlthough the exact reason behind the fire is yet to be known it might have been triggered by heat according to himThe fire was completely extinguished with the help of fire brigade personnel disaster management staff and local residents The situation is under control and no one was injured Tadvi added