Thane Apr 26 PTI A major fire broke out in a timber godown in Maharashtras Thane district on Tuesday but there was no report of any casualty a civic official said The blaze erupted around 230 am in the godown located near a school in Rahnal village of Bhiwandi town here Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said Three fire engines were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused after four hours he said The godown was completely gutted in the fire but no person was injured the official said The cause of the fire is not yet known he said adding that cooling operations are currently underway PTI COR GK GK

Thane Apr 21 PTI A 40-year-old man working at a ration shop died on Thursday after over 100 gunny bags loaded with food grains fell on him at Rabodi in Maharashtras Thane an official said The mishap occurred around 515 pm The deceased was identified as Sanjay Gupta and after the incident his body was sent for post-mortem said Avinash Sawant chief of Thane Municipal Corporations TMC Regional Disaster Management Cell RDMC Rabodi police are conducting a probe into the case he said PTI COR NP NP

Thane Oct 27 PTI The body of an unidentified man was recovered from Retibunder creek in Mumbra of Maharashtras Thane district on Wednesday a civic official said The body of the victim aged around 16 to 18 years was spotted floating in the creek in the morning and the fire brigade was alerted said Santosh Kadam chief of the Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell RDMC A team of firemen the RDMC and police rushed to the spot and fished out the body which was later sent for post-mortem he said A case of accidental death has been registered in this regard the official added PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Oct 24 PTI One person was killed after a portion of the slab of a five-storey residential building collapsed in Maharashtras Thane district a civic official said The incident took place in Ulhasnagar town around 10 pm on Saturday when the slab of an apartments bedroom located on the fifth floor of Paras building crashed on the fourth floor Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said One person identified as Nareshlal Poptani 24 received injuries and died on the spot he said After being alerted local firemen police and a team of the disaster management cell rushed to the spot and carried out rescue and relief operations he said Later as a precautionary measure all occupants of the building were evacuated the official said Civic officials will inspect the building on Sunday he added The building constructed in 1995-96 had 15 flats and four shops Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporations spokesperson Yuvraj Badane said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Oct 21 PTI Two boys aged 13 and 14 went missing after they entered a creek for a swim in Maharashtras Thane district a few days back officials said on Thursday According to police four boys from Mumbra area here went for swimming in the Retibunder creek on Monday evening Later only two of them were seen returning in the CCTV footage of the area they said The Mumbra police received a complaint in the wee hours of Tuesday about the other two boys going missing Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell RDMC chief Santosh Kadam said Following the complaint teams of local police firemen RDMC and Thane Disaster Response Force carried out a search for the duo in the creek but the boys were yet to be traced he said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Oct 21 PTI Bodies of two unidentified persons were found at different places in Maharashtras Thane district on Thursday morning officials said In the first case the body of a man aged around 35 to 40 years was found floating in a creek in Mumbra area at about 8 am Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell RDMC chief Santosh Kadam said After being alerted a team of local firemen RDMC and police rushed to the spot The body was fished out and handed over to the Mumbra police who then sent it to a government hospital for postmortem he said In another instance the body of other unidentified man also believed to be aged around 40 was found lying on a road at Shelar Naka in Dombivli town The Dombivli police sent the body for an autopsy a police official said Police in Thane and Dombivli registered cases of accidental death and further investigations were on officials said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Sep 27 PTI An oil tanker hit a road divider and then collided with four vehicles injuring three occupants of a car and disrupting traffic movement on an busy road in Maharashtras Thane city a civic official said on Monday The accident took place around 1030 pm on Sunday near Gaimukh on Ghodbunder Road the citys main arterial road Thane Municipal Corporations regional disaster management cell RDMC chief Santosh Kadam said The tanker driver apparently lost control over the wheels following which the vehicle first crashed into a road divider and then jumped on to the opposite lane where it collided with three cars and a truck he said The impact of the collision was so severe that the tanker drivers cabin got ripped off from the vehicle and came crashing down on the roof one of the cars trapping its occupants the official said After being alerted firemen local police and RDMC teams rushed to the spot They managed to pull out those trapped in the car after about an hour he said Three car occupants aged 18 30 and 45 were injured and admitted to a private hospital in Mira Road area the official said The other vehicles involved in the accident were also badly damaged he said The accident and bad condition of the road resulted in heavy traffic jam in the area he added PTI COR GK GK