THANE: A fire erupted early Tuesday morning at a sanitary napkin factory in the Bhiwandi area of Thane district. The blaze started around 3 AM in the Saravali industrial area, according to Raju Warlikar from the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation disaster management cell.
Fire tenders from BNMC, Thane, and Kalyan-Dombivli swiftly responded to the scene and managed to bring the fire under control by 8:30 AM. While no casualties were reported, a civic official confirmed that the factory’s raw materials were destroyed. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
