Thane: A scrap shop in Maharashtra Thane caught fire following a cylinder blast on Saturday morning, reported news agency ANI. Three people were injured in the incident and are undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital.
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In another incident in the city, a 60-year-old man and his wife died after a fire broke out in their bungalow in Ghodbunder Road area in the wee hours of Saturday. Three family members were rescued, a civic official said.
“The fire broke out on the first floor of the two-storey bungalow in Waghbil. The couple and other members of the family were asleep on the first floor when the incident took place,” chief of the Thane Municipal Corporation’s Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) Yasin Tadvi said.
A local fire brigade team as well as the RDMC rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation. They broke open the windowpanes and gained entry into the house to rescue the trapped family members, he said.
The elderly couple was found unconscious in their bedroom. The husband-wife duo along with other family members were rescued and the fire was doused by around 4.30 am, he said.
“All of them were rushed to a local hospital, where the couple – Abhimanyu Madvi and Ramabai (55) – was declared brought dead. They apparently died of suffocation as a result of smoke caused by the fire,” Tadvi added.
The bodies of the deceased were sent for post-mortem, while their three family members were hospitalised.
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