A fire broke out at a commercial building in Wagle Estate area of Thane district in Maharashtra, civic officials said, adding that no injuries were reported in the incident.
According to the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the blaze was reported at around 11 am on Monday at the office of a company in the building which is a commercial high-rise.
“The fire was reported at the office located on the second floor of Centrum Business Square near Lotus Park on road no. 16 in Nehru Nagar area of Thane`s Wagle Estate,” an official said.
The RDMC said that the incident was reported to the Disaster Management Cell by the Wagle Fire Station and upon receiving the alert, several emergency response teams rushed to the scene.
The staff from the Disaster Management Cell (along with two pickup vehicles rushed to the spot and the Thane Fire Brigade officials with two fire engines and 1 high-rise fire vehicle reached the spot. The teams launched a fire-fighting operation. Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.
The firefighters and disaster management personnel worked together and were able to completely extinguish the fire after nearly two hours of effort.
The fire was contained and brought under control, preventing it from spreading. Further investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire is underway, the officials said.
TV child actor, brother killed in house fire in Rajasthan`s Kota
Meanwhile, in an another incident, eight-year-old television actor Veer Sharma, who played Pushkal in SonySAB`s `Shrimad Ramayan`, and his brother died allegedly due to suffocation after a fire broke out at their home in Rajasthan`s Kota, reported the PTI.
Police said Veer and his brother Shoriya Sharma (16), an engineering aspirant, were alone at home when the fire erupted.
Their father Jitendra Sharma, who teaches at a coaching centre, was attending a bhajan event and mother actor Rita Sharma was in Mumbai at the time of the incident that happened at around 2 am on Sunday, they said, according to the PTI.
Kota (city) SP Tejeshwani Goutam, who visited the spot on Sunday morning, said a short-circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze.
The fire broke out in the drawing room of the flat and the children, who were sleeping, most likely died of suffocation caused by smoke, as fire did not spread to other rooms, the SP said.
Circle Inspector Bhupendra Singh said the incident took place at a flat on the fourth floor of Deepshree building under Anantpura police station area at around 2 am.
When the neighbours noticed plumes of smoke coming out of the flat, they broke open the door and found the children in an unconscious state, he said.
The neighbours immediately informed the father and rushed the boys to the hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, the officer added.
(with PTI inputs)
