Fire destroys scrap godown in Thane

Thane: A fire broke out on Thursday in a godown where cardboard waste was kept in Bhiwandi powerloom town here in Maharashtra, a civic official said.

No one was injured in the blaze which erupted around 2 am in the godown in Mithpada area of Bhiwandi, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said.

The godown is



located in a residential area having nearly 100 houses.

Three fire engines were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused by 7 am, the official said.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, he added.

In the last two months, a number of scrap godowns have been gutted in fires in Bhiwandi town.