A firecracker caused a blaze in the balcony of a house on the 31st floor of a building in Maharashtra`s Thane city, damaging the furniture kept there, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
No person was injured in the incident which was reported at around 10.45 pm on Monday in the building located in Patlipada area during the Diwali festival celebration, they said.
The blaze was caused due to a firecracker lit during the celebration, Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
The furniture kept in the balcony of the flat, located on the building`s 31st floor, was destroyed, he said.
After being alerted, fire personnel rushed to the spot and the blaze was put out within half an hour, the official said, reported PTI.
There were a couple of other minor fire incidents also in the city due to the firecrackers, he said, adding that no one was injured.
Two cars destroyed in blaze triggered by firecrackers in Mumbai
In another incident, two cars were gutted in a fire sparked by firecrackers on Diwali night near a hospital in Mumbai, officials said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
No person was injured in the blaze reported to the fire brigade at 11.33 pm on Monday at the Neelyog Vedanta building near Arogyadayi Hospital at Nityanand Nagar in Ghatkopar area, a civic official said, reported PTI.
Two cars were gutted in the fire, the official said.
Firefighting teams along with the police rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze in some time, reported PTI.
According to locals, the blaze was triggered due to firecrackers, a fire brigade official said.
4 killed, 10 injured in fire at building in Navi Mumbai
Meanwhile, four persons were killed and 10 others suffered injuries after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Maharashtra`s Navi Mumbai township shortly after midnight on Tuesday, police said, reported PTI.
Prima facie, the blaze started at around 12.30 am in a flat on the 10th floor of the Raheja Residency, MGM Complex, at Sector 14 in Vashi area, and spread to the 11th and 12th floors, an official said, reported PTI.
Two women, a man and a 6-year-old girl were killed, while 10 others were injured, he said.
The injured persons were rushed to two hospitals in Vashi.
After being alerted, 40 fire brigade personnel along with 8 fire tenders and police rushed to the spot and the blaze was put out by 4 am, the official said, reported PTI.
The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, the official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
