Maharashtra: 47-year-old man killed in Thane apartment fire

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A 47-year-old man was killed after a fire broke out at an apartment in a 27-storey residential building in Thane city of Maharashtra in the early hours of Wednesday, civic officials said, reported news agency PTI.

The Thane apartment fire erupted at 3.11 am in the apartment located on the fourth floor of the building in Tulsidham Society, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, reported PTI.

Fire personnel from Balkum and the regional disaster management cell team rushed to the spot after being alerted, he said.

Rescue personnel found a man, Arun Kedia, lying unconscious in a room of the flat. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the official said.

Four other house occupants, including two minors, rushed out to safety, he said.

The Thane apartment fire gutted the rooms and various household items, including furniture. The blaze was doused by 4.22 am, the official said, reported PTI.

The other occupants of the building rushed out of their apartments immediately after the Thane apartment fire broke out, he said.

The cause of the blaze was under investigation, the official said.

Meanwhile, a fire broke out at a sanitary napkin factory in Bhiwandi area of the district in the early hours of Tuesday but no casualties were reported, a civic official said, reported PTI.

The fire started at the factory, located in Saravli industrial area, around 3 am, said Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation disaster management cell official Raju Warlikar, reported PTI.

Fire brigade teams of BNMC as well as teams from Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by 8.30 am, he said.

Nobody was reported injured but the raw material stored in the factory was gutted, he said, adding that cooling operations were underway. The cause of the fire was being probed.

(With inputs from PTI)