Fire breaks out in two godowns on Mumbra-Panvel road, 12 goats dead

A massive fire broke out on Thursday morning in two godowns on MumbraPanvel road in Thane district of Maharashtra and 12 goats were killed in the incident the officials said reported the PTIThe blaze broke out at 545 am and was doused by 735 am he saidNo one was hurt in the incident While cardboard rubber and scrap in one godown was destroyed 12 of 35 goats kept in the second godown died of suffocation caused by thick smoke The cause of the fire is being investigated he added according to the PTIAndheri fire tragedy FIR filed as negligence claims young lifeA 22yearold delivery boy Aman Harishankar Saroj died and two others were seriously injured after a gas pipeline was damaged during unauthorised road construction near the SherePunjab society in Andheri East early Sunday morning The fire erupted when a JCB was used to dig the road affecting three victimsmdashall sole breadwinners for their familiesThe deceased Aman was a resident of Shivaji Nagar 6A in Jogeshwari where he lived with his parents and two sisters He suffered 40ndash50 per cent burns and succumbed to his injuries at the Airoli Burn Centre on MondayAmong the injured is Suresh Kailas Gupta 52 an auto driver who sustained 20 per cent burns and is stable in the ICU at Trauma Care Hospital in Jogeshwari Another victim Arvind Kumar Kaithal 21 an airport employee suffered 40ndash50 per cent burns and remains critical at Airoli Burn CentreAccording to police the incident occurred around 130 am on Sunday when a JCB operator was illegally excavating the road During the digging the gas pipeline was damaged causing a sudden explosion At the time auto driver Suresh Gupta was passing through while Aman and Arvind were on a bike The fire engulfed them and their vehicles They were rushed to Trauma Care Hospital with Aman and Arvind later shifted to Airoli Burn Centre due to the severity of their burnsSuresh Gupta a resident of Andheri East supports his mother father wife and sons Speaking to midday his mother Subhavati Gupta said ldquoMy son was returning home when the fire broke out leaving him severely injured We run a small shop outside our house He is our only earning member His hands legs and face were burned How was construction allowed at night without safety precautions If there was a gas line why werenrsquot they aware This is pure negligence and the BMC is equally responsiblerdquowith PTI inputs