Twenty-nine electricity meters were damaged after a fire broke out in the meter box cabin of a residential building in Maharashtra`s Thane city early Thursday morning, an official said, reported news agency PTI.
No person was injured in the incident, he said.
The blaze was reported at 4.10 am on the ground floor of the four-storey Vikas Co-operative Housing Society located behind Anand Talkies in Sainath Nagar, Thane`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
Local police, disaster management cell staff, fire brigade personnel and Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (Mahavitaran) officials rushed to the spot after being alerted, reported PTI.
A total of 29 meters were damaged in the blaze, the official said.
The fire was extinguished by 5 am, he said, adding the cause of the blaze was being probed.
Fire erupts in electric meter cabin of 5-storey building at Goregaon
In another incident, a fire broke out in the electric meter box of a five-storey building in the Goregaon area of Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, reported PTI.
Flames erupted in the electric meter box of Shalimar Building on S V Road at around 12.15 pm, and four fire engines and other vehicles of Mumbai Fire Brigade doused it after more than two hours of efforts, reported PTI.
A civic official said the municipal corporation`s ward staff, Mumbai Police, 108 Ambulance, Adani Electricity and other agencies were mobilised following the incident, reported PTI.
The building has been constructed as part of a Slum Redevelopment Authority project.
Fire erupts in 24-storey building in Mumbai; no casualties
Meanwhile, a fire broke out in a 24-storey residential building in the western suburbs here on Sunday afternoon, civic officials said, reported PTI.
There were no reports of casualties in the blaze that erupted around 3 pm on the seventh floor of New Janakalyan Society at Shanti Nagar in Dahisar East, an official said, reported PTI.
The firefighting efforts are underway, he said.
The official said that the high-rise was smoke-logged, posing difficulties for firefighters, reported PTI.
At least seven fire engines and other emergency response vehicles were at the spot, he said, adding that the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
(With inputs from PTI)
