Miracle Escape: Eleven Survive MUV Blaze in Thane

In Thane, eleven individuals, including five children, narrowly escaped a fire that engulfed their MUV. Traveling from Mumbai to Nashik, the driver noticed the fire and promptly stopped. All occupants evacuated safely before the vehicle was completely destroyed. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within half an hour.

Eleven persons, including five children, escaped without injuries after the multi-purpose utility vehicle (MUV) they were travelling in caught fire in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said. The MUV was going from Mumbai towards Nashik when its driver spotted a fire in the vehicle around 11.45 pm on Thursday. He slammed on the brakes and brought the car to a halt, the official said.

All the occupants, five kids and four women, rushed out of the MUV, which soon went up in flames, he said.

The vehicle was on the Eastern Expressway opposite the Viviana Mall in the city at the time, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane civic body.

Local firemen and civic rescuers reached the spot and put out the fire in half an hour. But the fire destroyed the vehicle, he added.

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