A major fire broke out in a plastic company located at Asangaon, Shahapur, located on Mumbai – Nashik highway on Tuesday morning. The mishap took place at around 7.40 am.

As per fire officials of Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC), no casualty or injury has been reported in the incident.

As per the Thane regional disaster management cell (RDMC), the fire started in Krishna Promotion, a plastic company.

“The blaze was doused around 9 am, however, it reignited and spread across the company. The fire fighting is still going on. We have sent one fire tender and more were called from Thane and Kalyan too,” said Rajesh Pawar, chief fire officer, BNCMC.

Meanwhile, in another such incident nine people were killed in a huge fire that broke out in an office building in central Kolkata’s Strand Road on Monday evening.

Among the dead are four firemen, a police officer, a Railways officer and a security person, officials said.

Five of the nine bodies were found in an elevator on the 12th floor. The victims appeared to have suffocated and burnt to death inside the lift.

Expressing grief over the incident, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted, “Sincere condolences to the families of the 9 brave deceased including the 4 firefighters, 2 Railways personnel and an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI) who have been fighting the fire at the Eastern Railways Strand road office in Kolkata.”

A compensation of ₹50,000 will be given to those seriously injured, PMO said hours after the massive fire engulfed a high-rise building.

“Saddened by the loss of lives due to the fire tragedy in Kolkata. In this hour of sadness, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest,” PM Modi said in a tweet on Tuesday morning.