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The fire spread due to the stored furniture and garbage lying in the open plot, the official said. (Image: Representative/ANI)
Four fire engines carried out fire-fighting operations and brought the blaze under control after around three hours at 9 pm
A scrap godown was gutted in a fire in Kalwa township in Thane district on Wednesday evening which destroyed stored furniture, a civic official said.
Nobody was injured in the blaze that triggered small explosions, said Thane Municipal Corporation Disaster Management Cell chief Yasin Tadvi.
As a precautionary measure, residents of an adjacent seven-storey building were evacuated, he said, adding that window panes of some flats were damaged in explosions.
Four fire engines carried out fire-fighting operations and brought the blaze under control after around three hours at 9 pm.
The fire spread due to the stored furniture and garbage lying in the open plot, the official said. The cause of the blaze is not known, Tadvi added.