Fire at mall in Thane; two shops gutted

Thane: A fire broke out at a mall in Maharashtra's Thane city on Tuesday morning, destroying two shops located in the premises, civic officials said.

No person was injured in the incident, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

The blaze erupted at around 8 am on the first floor of the mall located on Ghodbunder Road here, he said.

Local fire personnel and the regional disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot after being alerted and put out the blaze after about an hour, the official said.

A shoe shop and an adjacent outlet were completely destroyed, he said.

Cooling operations were underway and a probe was on to ascertain the cause of the fire, the official said.