Two persons injured as chawl slab collapses in Thane; 6 flats evacuated

Two persons were injured when a portion of a slab at a chawl collapsed in Maharashtras Thane city civic officials said on Sunday reported news agency PTIThe incident was reported around 9 pm on Saturday in the 25 to 30 years old Dharma Niwas Chawl row tenement located at Vitawa in Kalwa area Thane Municipal Corporations TMC disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said reported PTIThe slab collapse caused two people to fall from the first floor of the structure They were immediately rushed to a civic hospital in Kalwa for treatment he saidThe chawl has 20 flats comprising 45 to 50 residents The structure was not previously listed in the dangerous buildings the official said reported PTIEmergency teams rushed to the spot after the incident Six flats were evacuated and sealed due to the dangerous condition of the remaining structure and its power supply was disconnected he said reported PTIThe displaced residents were asked to temporarily stay elsewhere the official said adding the TMCs construction department will take further actionBlaze guts commercial shops in Mumbai no injuriesIn another case a fire engulfed a few commercial shops in Mumbais western suburb of Malad on Saturday officials said reported PTIThere has been no report of any injury to anyone due to the blaze which erupted around 1 pm in the Pathanwadi area and was confined to four to five shops they said reported PTIInitially the authorities had said that the fire had spread to 15 to 20 shopsAt least eight fire engines and other firefighting vehicles were sent to the spot The fire was put out within four hours an official said reported PTIThe fire affected electric wiring and installation racks and cupboards wooden and steel furniture and various types of machinery he saidThe cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained the official addedElectric car 3 motorcycles gutted in fire at commercial complex in MumbaiMeanwhile an electric car and three motorcycles were gutted in a fire that broke out in a twostorey commercial complex in Andheri east area of Mumbai on Friday civic officials said reported PTINobody was injured in the incident they saidThe blaze erupted in a twostorey commercial structure located in KDN Compound in Ashok Nagar on Military Road around 810 am an official said reported PTIIt took more than six hours of efforts for the fire brigade personnel to douse the fire as the task was completed around 225 pmAn electric car three motorcycles office material furniture and other things kept in an area of about 1000 to 1500 sq ft on the ground floor and loft area of the twostorey structure got destroyed in the fire he said reported PTIPart of the structure collapsed due to the fire he addedThe cause of the fire is being ascertained according to the officialWith inputs from PTI