Thane, February 11 A fire caused damage to 13 electrical meters at a five-story residential building in Thane city, Maharashtra, according to civic officials on Wednesday.
No one was injured in the incident, they said.
The fire broke out on Tuesday night in the meter box cabin on the ground floor of Trimurti Residency in the Mahagiri Market area, according to Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation.
Emergency response teams and staff from power distributor Mahavitaran were rushed to the scene, and the fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes, he said.
"A total of 13 electricity meters were damaged in the incident," Tadvi said, adding that the power supply was temporarily affected in parts of the building.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, the official said.