16 Motorcycles Destroyed in Thane District Warehouse Fire

Fire in Thane: A transformer fire near a railway station in Thane, Maharashtra, gutted a shop and 16 motorcycles, but no injuries were reported. Local firefighters extinguished the blaze within an hour. A preliminary investigation suggests the fire was caused by a short circuit.

A shop and 16 motorcycles were gutted after a power transformer caught fire near a railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday morning, a civic official said.

A power transformer near Badlapur railway station caught fire around 6.30 am, said Bhagwat Sonanwane, chief fire officer of the Kulgaon-Badlapur fire station.

Local firefighters rushed to the scene, and the blaze was put out within an hour, he said.

No one was injured in the incident, but a shop and 16 motorcycles parked in the area were gutted, the official said.

Preliminary reports suggest that the fire was a result of a short circuit, he said.