Palghar Fire

A 17-year-old boy drowned in a water-filled quarry at Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district while trying to get a ball out of it when he was playing cricket nearby, a fire brigade official said on Saturday.

Jaipur-Mumbai Train Shooting: A RPF personnel on Monday morning shot dead four people, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector of police, on-board a train near the Palghar railway station in Maharashtra, an official said.

A fire broke out at a chemical factory at Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, informed officials on Thursday, adding that five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

A 40-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane district has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill his wife by setting her afire, an official said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 bales of fodder were destroyed in a major fire triggered by a lightning strike in Sakhre village in Palghar district of Maharashtra on early Monday morning, officials said.

A chemical-laden tanker caught fire on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday, disrupting traffic movement on the busy route for a couple of hours, police said.

At least three workers were killed and eight others received severe burns on Wednesday when a hydrogen gas cylinder exploded and triggered fire in an industrial unit at Vasai in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said.

The decomposed body of a man was found in a drain in Maharashtra's Palghar district which has been witnessing heavy rains since the last few days, a fire official said.

A Shiv Sena leader from Palghar district of Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly faking a firing incident over five months ago, police said on Tuesday.

Residents of Vadrai village in Maharashtra's Palghar district observed a bandh on Monday to protest the killing of a native fisherman by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off the Gujarat coast.

Five workers were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant of a chemical company in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Sunday.

A massive fire broke out at a Bajaj HealthCare unit in the Tarapur MIDC area of Boisar in Maharashtra's Palghar district today afternoon.

A Navy seaman from Jharkhand who died in Maharashtra's Palghar district after allegedly being set on fire by his kidnappers had apparently concocted the whole story of abduction, police said on Wednesday.

Two workers have been injured in a fire that broke out at a drug manufacturing unit at Tarapur in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a fire official said on Sunday.

A Navy sailor died on Saturday at a Mumbai hospital while being treated for burn injuries sustained after he was set on fire, allegedly after a failed kidnapping attempt

A 17-year-old boy drowned in a water-filled quarry at Virar in Maharashtra's Palghar district while trying to get a ball out of it when he was playing cricket nearby, a fire brigade official said on Saturday.

Jaipur-Mumbai Train Shooting: A RPF personnel on Monday morning shot dead four people, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector of police, on-board a train near the Palghar railway station in Maharashtra, an official said.

A fire broke out at a chemical factory at Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, informed officials on Thursday, adding that five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

A 40-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane district has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill his wife by setting her afire, an official said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 bales of fodder were destroyed in a major fire triggered by a lightning strike in Sakhre village in Palghar district of Maharashtra on early Monday morning, officials said.

A chemical-laden tanker caught fire on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday, disrupting traffic movement on the busy route for a couple of hours, police said.

At least three workers were killed and eight others received severe burns on Wednesday when a hydrogen gas cylinder exploded and triggered fire in an industrial unit at Vasai in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said.

The decomposed body of a man was found in a drain in Maharashtra's Palghar district which has been witnessing heavy rains since the last few days, a fire official said.

A Shiv Sena leader from Palghar district of Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly faking a firing incident over five months ago, police said on Tuesday.

Residents of Vadrai village in Maharashtra's Palghar district observed a bandh on Monday to protest the killing of a native fisherman by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) off the Gujarat coast.

Five workers were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant of a chemical company in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Sunday.

A massive fire broke out at a Bajaj HealthCare unit in the Tarapur MIDC area of Boisar in Maharashtra's Palghar district today afternoon.

A Navy seaman from Jharkhand who died in Maharashtra's Palghar district after allegedly being set on fire by his kidnappers had apparently concocted the whole story of abduction, police said on Wednesday.

Two workers have been injured in a fire that broke out at a drug manufacturing unit at Tarapur in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a fire official said on Sunday.

A Navy sailor died on Saturday at a Mumbai hospital while being treated for burn injuries sustained after he was set on fire, allegedly after a failed kidnapping attempt