At least 26 injured in lightning strike in Maharashtra's Thane

At least 26 people, including a six-month-old infant, were injured as lightning struck two houses in Shirole of Maharashtra's Thane district last night.

Thane(Maharashtra): At least 26 people were injured in a lightning strike incident in rural Thane on Wednesday.

The incident took place in Shirole panchayat of Shahapur taluka, where lightning struck two houses.

At least 26 people were injured in the incident, including a six-month-old infant.

All the injured were rushed to the government hospital in Shahapur.

For the past few days, Maharashtra has been battered by heavy rains. Last week, heavy rains and floods claimed at least 48 lives in Pune, Aurangabad and Konkan divisions, while crops on lakhs of hectares were damaged.

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During a public meeting in Katgaon, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials told him that the threat of heavy rainfall in the state has waned, while lightning may occur over the next seven to eight days.

(With inputs from agencies)