Thane, Nov 13 (PTI) A blaze erupted at an open scrap yard in the Diva area of Maharashtra's Thane district in the early hours of Friday, though no one was injured, a civic official said.
Emergency services received an alert about the fire near a polytechnic college at Phadke Pada around 3.20 am, following which two fire engines and a rescue vehicle were rushed to the spot, he said.
"The fire brigade and disaster management teams worked for nearly five hours and fully extinguished the blaze by 8 am. Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported in the incident, and the situation is currently under control," said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the regional disaster management cell.
Due to the combustible nature of the plastic scrap materials stored at the site, firefighting and cooling operations took a long time, he said, adding that the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
