Maharashtra: Fire in Thane building, 13 people rescued
Thane (PTI): Thirteen people, including a two-year-old child, were rescued after a fire broke out in an electrical meter box of a four-storey building in Maharashtra's Thane city on Thursday, civic officials said.
No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 7.30 am in the building located in Charai area, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said.
A book store is located on the ground floor of the building and two rooms on the first floor are being used as a godown of the book store. A temple is located on the building's fourth floor, he said.
After being alerted, three fire engines and water tankers were rushed to the spot. A team of the RDMC also reached the spot.
Firemen and the RDMC team rescued 13 people, including four senior citizens, five women and a toddler, the official said.
The books godown was gutted in the fire, he said.
The blaze was doused after hectic efforts for about two hours, he said, adding that cooling operation was underway.
The cause of the fire is being ascertained, he said.
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11 Bangladeshis arrested in Tripura for illegally entering India
Agartala (PTI): A total of 11 Bangladeshis have been arrested in Tripura for allegedly entering India without valid documents, GRP said on Sunday.
Three of their Indian facilitators have also been nabbed, a GRP officer said.
Acting on a tip-off, a GRP team nabbed the Bangladeshis at Agartala railway station on Saturday evening when they were planning to go to Chennai and Ahmedabad by train.
They were detained and taken to Agartala Government Railway Police (GRP) station and during interrogation, they confessed to having crossed the international border illegally and that they were planning to go to Chennai and Ahmedabad, officer-in-charge Tapan Das said.
He said the 11 Bangladeshis and three Indians were produced before a local court on Sunday seeking police remand.
