A school bus caught fire near Mumbra Devi Temple on Mumbra Bypass Road in Thane on Tuesday afternoon, officials from the disaster management cell said.
According to them, the fire was reported around 2.56 pm by a resident, Rupesh Shelke. The bus (registration number MH 04 JU 3372) belonging to Symbiosis School, Kausa, was travelling from Retibandar towards Shilphata when the fire broke out.
The Mumbra Fire Brigade team, led by the station officer, rushed to the spot with one fire engine and two rescue vehicles. The blaze was brought under control by 3.32 pm.
No injuries were reported in the incident. At the time of the fire, only the driver and cleaner were inside the bus, and they managed to exit safely. No students were present in the vehicle.
Fire officials said that the situation is now under control and the cause of the blaze is being investigated.
Two children injured as ceiling slab collapses in Thane building
Two children were injured when a portion of a ceiling slab collapsed at a seven-storey residential building in Mumbra, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI.
The incident was reported at 9.27 pm on Monday at the `M` wing of Wafa Park, Almas Colony, in the Mumbra area, they said.
The ceiling slab of a flat on the sixth floor collapsed, causing the flooring of an apartment directly above it to give way, leaving a woman trapped, Thane Municipal Corporation`s disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.
Two girls, aged 7 and 13, in the sixth-floor flat sustained minor injuries and were rushed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa area for treatment, he said.
The building where the incident occurred is 25 to 30 years old, the official said.
The fire brigade later rescued the 59-year-old woman who was trapped in the house above due to the collapsed flooring, the official said, reported PTI.
Since the remaining portions of the flats were deemed to be in a dangerous condition, the apartments were immediately vacated. Residents have been instructed to temporarily stay with relatives as a safety precaution, and a shelter has also been erected nearby, he said, reported PTI.
(With PTI inputs)
