Fire in Thane residential building, 28 power meters gutted

The blaze erupted around 11.15 pm on Saturday in the power meter room located on the ground floor of the SP Society in Kalwa area.

A fire broke out in an electricity meter box room of a residential building here in Maharashtra, destroying 28 power meters, a civic official said on Sunday. The blaze erupted around 11.15 pm on Saturday in the power meter room located on the ground floor of the SP Society in Kalwa area, Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said. No casualty was reported, he said. Firemen, electricity and police personnel rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused within an hour, he said.