While no casualty was reported in the blaze, which erupted around 9.45 pm on Sunday, a fire officer was injured after falling into a drain during the firefighting operation

A major fire broke out at a godown storing chemicals along the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Maharashtra's Thane district , officials said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.

While no casualty was reported in the blaze, which erupted around 9.45 pm on Sunday, a fire officer was injured after falling into a drain during the firefighting operation, they said, reported PTI. Read More

Thick smoke from the burning chemicals triggered panic in the surrounding industrial area.

Efforts were still on to douse the blaze, the officials said.

The fire originated in the chemical storage unit located near Savad Naka in Lonad vill

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