THANE — A massive fire destroyed an auto-rickshaw and 22 two-wheelers parked on an open plot near a school in Diva, Thane city, during the early hours of Tuesday, according to civic disaster management officials. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident.
The blaze broke out in Sabegaon on ground situated close to Adarsh Vidyalaya, located behind the Diva National English School assembly hall. Local residents had parked numerous vehicles along the roadside and adjacent open land overnight when the flames quickly spread across the parked rows.
The Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation received an emergency call alerting them to the fire at approximately 2:02 a.m. Emergency responders, including local police personnel and municipal fire brigade crews, were dispatched to the site with fire engines to contain the flames and prevent them from reaching nearby educational buildings.
Firefighting teams brought the blaze under control and completely extinguished it by 3:16 a.m. Following cooling operations, civic personnel confirmed that all 23 vehicles suffered total damage, leaving behind charred metal frames. Authorities have identified 15 of the damaged vehicles using chassis details and registration records, while local police have launched an inquiry to ascertain the exact cause of the ignition.
