Fire breaks out at Thane hotel; cat dies of suffocation

The civic officials said that a hotel in Maharashtras Thane city was destroyed in a fire which broke out in the premises on Monday morning reported news agency PTINo person was injured in the incident they said adding a cat inside the Thane hotel got suffocated to deathThe blaze erupted at 615 am in the Bombay Duck Hotel located near the Upvan lake Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said reported PTILocal fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team rushed to the spot The blaze was brought under control after about an hour and extinguished by 745 am he said reported PTIThe Thane hotels furniture air conditioners television sets computers bar counter refrigerators and electrical wiring were completely destroyed he saidIn the smokefilled environment a cat inside the Thane hotel succumbed to asphyxiation Tadvi said adding that firefighters later found the carcass in the premises reported PTIThe cause of the blaze was under investigation he saidFlat kitchen gutted in blaze none hurtA fire destroyed the kitchen of a flat in Thane on Sunday evening Fire Brigade officials saidNo one was injured in the incident which occurred in Saket Complex in Rabodi area chief of the Disaster Management Cell TMC Yasin TadviAround 15 residents from the sixth and seventh floors of the building were evacuated due to smokeTeams of fire brigade and disaster management cell personnel rushed to the spot around 6 PM after receiving the emergency call The blaze was quickly dousedThe cause of the fire is not known250 residents evacuated after fire in Thane building no casualtyNearly 250 residents were evacuated after a fire broke out in a fivestorey building in Maharashtras Thane city on Sunday morning civic officials saidNo one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 5 am in a laundry shop on the ground floor of the building located at Srinagar in Wagle Estate area Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi saidAfter being alerted local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot to carry out the fire extinguishing operations and evacuated the building occupants he saidThe blaze was put out in about an hour following which the people were allowed to return to their apartments the official saidThe cause of fire was under investigation he addedWith inputs from PTI