Fire breaks out at hardware shop in Thane, no casualties were reported

A fire broke
out in a ground plus one-storey hardware shop in Maharashtra’s Thane city on
Monday morning, a civic official said.

No casualty
was reported in the mishap, he said.

The fire
broke out around 6.15 am in the shop located in the main market area on station
road, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell chief
Santosh Kadam said.

“The
shop, where home automation and electric hardware items were kept, was totally
gutted in the blaze. There was no casualty,” he said.

Three fire
engines were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused within an hour, he
said.

A probe was
underway to ascertain the cause of the fire, he added.