Thane: Massive fire broke out early morning on Monday in a residential building at the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district, with

about 20 residents rushing to the terrace to escape the blaze.
No casualty was reported so far. However, an elderly woman sustained minor wounds while being rescued, he said.
The blaze occurred in a godown where powerloom-related material like oil and yarn were stored on the ground floor of three-storey Aam Manzil, a building in a residential locality of Nagaon in Bhiwandi, Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation’s disaster control section chief Namdeo Gaikwad said.

Mumbai: Fire in Bhiwandi building under control; 200 people rescued, 4 injured

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Mumbai: Fire in Bhiwandi building under control; 200 people rescued, 4 injured

Thane: Massive fire broke out early morning on Monday in a residential building at the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district, with about 20 residents rushing to the terrace to escape the blaze.

No casualty was reported so far. However, an elderly woman sustained minor wounds while being rescued, he said.
The blaze occurred in a godown where powerloom-related material like oil and yarn were stored on the ground floor of three-storey Aam Manzil, a building in a residential locality of Nagaon in Bhiwandi, Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation’s disaster control section chief Namdeo Gaikwad said.

Bhiwandi fire updates:

Fire in four-storey building in Bhiwandi under control.

Fire intensifies in a four storey building in Bhiwandi(Maharashtra), rescue operation underway for those trapped.

Photo: ANI

People are being rescued with the help of ladders.

According to Thane Police, several people are feared trapped and efforts are on to rescue them before the blaze spreads to the upper floors of the four-storied building: IANS
Five fire tenders reach at the spot.
There are no immediate reports of casualties and the cause of the fire is not yet established.

People trapped at the terrace of the complex.

The rescue operation is under-way.
According reports, the fire started on the ground floor and soon spread to the other floors.
Bhiwandi tehsildar Vaishali Lambhate said that residents took shelter in the terrace of the building after the fire broke out.
Fire tenders from Kalyan, Thane, and four fire stations of Bhiwandi were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control, he said.
About 15-20 people in the building were shifted to the top floor as a precautionary measure since cooling operations were underway on the ground floor, he said.
The fire broke out at around 7.30 AM in the godown and spread in other rooms on the ground floor, he said.
The presence of oil drums at the place led to the fire spreading in other rooms, he said.
Once the cooling operations are through, those trapped in the building would be brought down, Gaikwad said.
Short-circuit was suspected to be the cause of the blaze. However, the official said the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
Senior officials of the civic body, fire brigade and police department were at the spot

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