Mumbai: A fire broke out in an oil
factory in a village at Shahpur block in neighbouring Thane
district in the wee hours on Tuesday, following which houses in a
two km radius were evacuated.
Ten water tankers and five fire engines from fire
units of nearby Bhiwandi, Thane, Kalyan, Ulhansnagar, Navi
Mumbai cities have been rushed to the four-decade old Liberty
Oil Mills in Bamne village where the fire broke out in one of
the units at around 0530 am, fire brigade officials said.
The blaze that broke out in a two-storeyed unit spread
fast as inflammable products were stored inside the building,
emanating huge smoke, said Sanjeev Jadhavar, Shahpur
Tahsildar.
Three edible oil tankers exploded and as a
precautionary measure, houses in the two kilometre radius have
been evacuated, he said.
Nobody was working in the unit when the fire broke
out, he said adding no casualties were reported.
Liberty Oil Mills, spread over 27 acres, deals in
production of refined vegetable oils, vanaspati and
intensified vegetable oils.
PTI
