Fire destroys 36 electricity meters in police complex in Thane

Thirty-six electricity meters in a police residential complex near Thane Jail were gutted in a fire that broke out on Saturday morning, a civic official said.

No one was injured in the fire that took place in the meter room of Building No 4 of the police quarters at around 10:25am, Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said.

The blaze was put out immediately but 36 electricity meters were completely destroyed, he added.