Maharashtra: Five vehicles destroyed in fire in Thane

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Five vehicles were destroyed after a fire broke out in a locality of Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday, civic officials said.

No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 4 am in Vartak Nagar area, Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said.

The vehicles, including two four-wheelers and as many auto-rickshaws, were parked in an open ground in front of a building in the locality, he said.

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After being alerted, local firemen and the RDMC team rushed to the spot and put out the fire within half-an-hour, but most of the vehicles were damaged before that, the official said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

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