Navi Mumbai: A major fire broke out in a G+3 storeyed commercial building located in the bylane of sector 23, Turbhe, near the flyover opposite to NMMT bus depot on Sunday evening. Three shops including a hardware store, an electronic shop and ceramic shop were gutted in the fire, informed Rohan Kokate, fire officer of Vashi fire station. Kokate said, “The fire had spread to an apartment in the corner of an adjacent building, where a family resided, but they immediately evacuated.“Purushottam Jadhav, Vashi divisional fire officer said, “Vashi fire station had received the emergency fire call at 5.33 pm. The rescue team with five fire engines immediately rushed to the spot. Prima facie, the fire broke out in the electronic store on the first floor, probably due to a short-circuit in the airconditioner unit.” As many as 10 fire engines along with eight water tankers were pressed into service for the fire fighting operation. It took around two hours to extinguish the blaze.
