2 women injured in Thane apartment fire

The apartment was damaged due to the fire. Local firemen later brought the blaze under control.

Thane:Two women received severe burns after a fire broke out in an apartment in the Kalyan area of Maharashtra's Thane district, fire brigade officials said on Wednesday. The blaze erupted late Tuesday night after a gas leakage in the apartment located on the first floor of a building and spread to the entire house, they said.

Six persons, including a six-month-old child, were trapped in the house after the fire. A jawan of the Mumbai Police's Force One unit, who was passing by on a scooter, stopped to provide assistance and brought out the house occupants safely with the help of neighbours. The house occupants were brought down through a scaffolding which was tied to the building for some civil work, officials said.

Two women suffered serious burns in the blaze and were admitted to a hospital in Airoli, they said. The apartment was damaged due to the fire, an official said. Local firemen later brought the blaze under control, the official added. (PTI)

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