Overview
- Five scrap godowns in Airoli, Navi Mumbai were engulfed on Thursday and brought under control in about two hours, with no injuries reported, according to civic official Sachin Kadam.
- Delhi Fire Service said a plastic warehouse blaze in Tikri Kalan was controlled after nearly five hours and fully doused around 3 am Friday, with 10 tenders deployed and no casualties.
- Firefighters in central Kolkata battled dense chemical-laden smoke at a godown near Lalbazar, deploying six engines, evacuating occupants and diverting traffic, with a short circuit suspected.
- Civic official Saquib Kharbe said a large fire at a dyeing unit in Bhiwandi’s Saravali village began around 9 am Friday and remained an active containment effort, with additional engines called and no injuries reported.
- Separate godown fires were also reported in Ludhiana and Chandigarh this week, and authorities across incidents cited flammable materials, difficult access and varied preliminary causes under investigation.