- By Raju Kumar
- Thu, 22 May 2025 03:35 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Nashik Plant Fire: A major fire broke out at a subsidiary of Jindal Poly Films Ltd at Mundhegaon in Nashik, Maharashtra. The official on Thursday said the fire brigade officials rushed to the spot and they have initiated fire-dousing operations.
According to the officials, around 1.30 am on Wednesday, the fire was spotted at the JPFL Pvt Ltd plant on the Nashik-Mumbai highway in Igatpuri taluka, after which the fire took a mammoth shape.
It started in a shed where scrap material was stored, said a local police official.
Maharashtra: A fire broke out between 1 to 1:30 AM last night at the Jindal company located in Mundegaon on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway. The blaze started behind Gate No. 4 and spread rapidly. Firefighting efforts are still underway and no casualties have been reported so far.… pic.twitter.com/gElXehVEUT
— IANS (@ians_india) May 21, 2025
30 Fire Tenders At Work
About 30 fire tenders were trying to extinguish the fire, he said, adding nobody was injured in the incident. The plant has been burning for the last over 24 hours amid an attempt to douse it. Jindal Poly Films stated in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday that production in a part of the plant was affected by the fire.
The cause of the fire and the damage caused by it will be ascertained later, it added.
On January 1, 2023, a major fire incident had occurred at the same plant, claiming three lives.
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In another fire incident, an 8th floor of a residential building in Subhash Chowk, Memnagar of Ahmedabad in Gujarat caught flame on Thursday. The fire reportedly broke out after a blast. Visuals from the scene show smoke billowing from the building.
The fire brigade team rushed to the spot to douse the fire.
(With agencies inputs)