Fire breaks out in moving car at Thane’s Kopri, no injuries reported

A fire broke out in a moving car in Kopri area of Thane district in Maharashtra civic officials said on Wednesday adding that no injuries were reported in the incidentAccording to the Regional Disaster Management Cell RDMC of the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC a minor blaze was reported in a car after it hit a divider near a CNG pump at Bara Bangla in Kopri area of Thane EastNo injuries were reported in the incident and the fire was quickly extinguished officials saidThe incident took place at around 8 pm on Wednesday when the vehicle was travelling from Thane towards MumbaiCar catches fire after hitting dividerAccording to information received by the Disaster Management Control Room a Honda City car hit the road divider causing sparks which led to a small fire in the vehicleOccupants Escape SafelyTwo people were travelling in the car at the time of the accident officials saidAs soon as the crash occurred the driver and the other occupant got out of the vehicle as a safety measure they saidOfficials confirmed that neither of them suffered any injuriesFire brought under control quicklyPersonnel from the city traffic department and local residents managed to extinguish the fire before the fire brigade and disaster management teams reached the spotLater Kopri Fire Station officials and fire brigade personnel arrived at the scene with a fire engine Staff from the city traffic department and the disaster management department also reached the location with a pickup vehicle the officials saidThey said that the fire was minor and the situation was quickly brought under controlThe traffic was managed and normal conditions were restored soon afterBus gutted in fire on Western Express Highway in Malad no casualtiesMeanwhile in an another incident a private bus was gutted in a fire on the Western Express Highway in Mumbais Malad area on Tuesday morning affecting traffic movement on the busy route for some time officials saidThere was no report of any casualty they saidThe fire brigade received information at around 10 am about the blaze in the Borivalibound sleeper coach bus near a bridge in Malad East reported PTIThere were passengers onboard when the fire erupted in the front portion of the bus and they were all safely evacuated a civic official said The exact number of passengers onboard was not yet knownFirefighters rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze within 30 minutes but by the time the entire bus was guttedNo injuries were reported in the incident the official said