Thane, February 15 Five people were injured, and 40 two-wheelers were destroyed in a fire at the basement of a building in Thane district, Maharashtra, early Sunday morning, according to civic officials.
The fire broke out in the basement parking of a residential building in the Sagaon area of Dombivli town around 4 am, an official said.
A woman sustained burn injuries, while a man was injured after he jumped out of an apartment on the first floor of the building, and three others sustained minor injuries, Namdeo Chowdhary, chief fire officer of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, told news agency PTI.
The injured people, all of whom lived on the first floor, are being treated at a hospital, he said.
At least 40 two-wheelers parked in the basement were destroyed in the fire, the official said.
Two fire engines rushed to the scene, and the fire was extinguished in an hour, he said, adding that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
