A fire broke out at a loom manufacturing factory at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> on Friday morning.
Regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant told news agency PTI that no one was injured in the blaze that destroyed the unit located in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" rel="none">Narpoli area</a>.
The fire started around 1.15 am and was put out at 4 am, he said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he said, adding that cooling operations were underway.
On Thursday, thirteen people, including a two-year-old child, were rescued after a fire broke out in an electrical meter box of a four-storey building in Thane.
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As per Thane Municipal Corporation's RDMC, no one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 7.30 am in the building located in the Charai area.&nbsp;
RDMC's chief Avinash Sawant told PTI that a bookstore is located on the ground floor of the building and two rooms on the first floor are being used as a godown of the bookstore. A temple is located on the building's fourth floor.
After being alerted, three fire engines and water tankers were rushed to the spot. A team of the RDMC also reached the spot.
Firemen and the RDMC team rescued 13 people, including four senior citizens, five women and a toddler.
The books godown was gutted in the fire. The blaze was doused after hectic efforts for about two hour, Sawant said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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