Thane: Thane: A huge fire broke out in a leather bag manufacturing company at Sagar Complex in Owle village in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra on Thursday, January 5 at around 10:30 am. As per the fire brigade officials, some four godowns were totally destroyed in the fire and fortunately, no one was injured in the fire incident.
'Four godowns fully destroyed due to fire'
Avinash Sawant, regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief, Thane said, "Our team received the information at the disaster management cell room at around 10:30 am about the fire in the leather bag manufacturing company at Sagar Complex in Bhiwandi. Due to the fire, four godowns were fully destroyed. The godowns were stocked with travel bags and they were located in a single-storey structure. All the four godowns were ground plus one structure. Soon after receiving the information our team along with Bhiwandi fire brigade personnel and Kalyan fire brigade personnel with one fire vehicle each and Thane fire brigade personnel with one Jumbo tanker and five private water tankers were present at the spot."
Took five hours to douse the fire
Sawant further added, "The Bhiwandi fire brigade personnel took around five hours to totally douse the fire and bring the situation under control. Fortunately during the fire no one was present inside the godown and no one got injured in the incident."
Leather bags, machineries worth lakhs destroyed
"As the godowns were closed, attempts were made to bring the fire under control by breaking the back wall of the godowns. Leather bags and machinery worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in the major fire. The reason behind the fire is yet to be known. As a precautionary step the electricity supply in the area was cut for at least two hours so that no untowards incidents take place" informed Sawant.
