5 hurt, 40 two-wheelers destroyed in fire in basement of Dombivli building
Thane (PTI): Five persons were injured, and 40 two-wheelers were gutted in a fire at the basement of a building in Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Sunday, civic officials said.
The blaze broke out in the basement parking of a residential building in the Sagaon area of Dombivli town around 4 am, an official said.
A woman sustained burn injuries, while a man was hurt after he jumped out of a flat on the first floor of the building, and three others sustained minor injuries, Namdeo Chowdhary, chief fire officer of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, told PTI.
The injured persons, all of whom resided on the first floor, are undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said.
At least 40 two-wheelers parked in the basement were destroyed in the fire, the official said.
Two fire engines rushed to the spot, and the blaze was put out in an hour, he said, adding that the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
