Three women were injured, one of them critical, when the battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded and caused a fire in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday evening, June 1. The incident occurred in a house at Almas Colony in the Kausa area around 5.15 pm when the battery was being charged.
Three women from the house suffered burns after the explosion triggered a fire, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of Thane Municipal Corporation. After being alerted, firefighters rushed to the spot and put out the fire.
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The victims, Nusrat Syed (45), Hafza Syed (24) and Afza Syed (18), were taken to a nearby hospital. Since Nusrat had sustained more than 30 per cent burns, she was shifted to Wadia Hospital in Mumbai for specialised treatment.