<p>A massive <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-fire-breaks-out-in-mahanagri-express-trains-two-coaches-at-wadi-bunder-railway-yard-23548273" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>fire</strong></a> broke out at a subsidiary of Jindal Poly Films Ltd at Mundhegaon in Nashik district of Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>The fire-fighting operations were underway on a second day, officials said.</p>
<p>The fire broke out at Jindal Poly Films Ltd plant on Nashik-Mumbai highway in Igatpuri taluka at around 1.30 am on Wednesday, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>It started in a shed where scrap material was stored, said a local police official.</p>
<p>About 30 fire tenders were trying to extinguish the fire, he said, adding nobody was injured in the incident.</p>
<p>Jindal Poly Films stated in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday that production in a part of the plant was affected by the fire.</p>
<p>The cause of the fire and the damage caused by it will be ascertained later, it added.</p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, a major fire incident had occurred at the same plant, claiming three lives, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>Further details are awaited.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, in an another incident, a massive fire triggered by a spark in a transformer during a storm gutted around 200 houses at Tappa Jamni village in Budaun district, officials said on Thursday, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>According to local sources, one person sustained burn injuries as the villagers ran to save themselves from the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/fire-breaks-out-at-cafe-in-thane-no-injuries-reported-23548480" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>blaze</strong></a>, which killed many cattle on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>The injured man has been admitted to the community health centre in Ujhani, the sources said.</p>
<p>By the time the firemen and police reached the spot to douse the flames, around 200 houses in the village were reduced to ashes, officials said, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>District Magistrate Avnish Kumar Rai said, "The fire was triggered during a storm on Wednesday night. While no one died in the incident, one person sustained burn injuries.</p>
<p>"There are reports that many cattle died in the fire. We will assess the losses and provide compensation to the affected people. People whose houses have been damaged will be provided help," the news agency reported.</p>
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