Blaze in Thane: Quick Response Saves Lives

A fire broke out in the meter room of a seven-storey building in Thane's Kopri area. No injuries were reported. The fire, which destroyed sixteen electricity meters, was swiftly doused by local fire brigade and disaster management personnel within half an hour.

A fire broke out in the meter room of a seven-storey building in Kopri area of Maharashtra's Thane city on Friday afternoon, according to civic officials.

No one was injured in the incident, as confirmed by Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).

'The blaze erupted around 3.40 pm. After being alerted, local fire brigade personnel and those from the disaster management cell reached the spot and doused the flames within half an hour,' Tadvi said. Sixteen electricity meters were destroyed in the fire, he added.

(With inputs from agencies.)