<p>A fire broke out on Friday morning in a powerloom unit in Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra's Thane district, damaging materials and clothes, but no casualty was reported, officials said.</p>.<p>The blaze-hit unit is located in Khokha Compound on Kalyan Road of the powerloom town.</p>.<p>Officials in Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation's fire brigade said the blaze started around 6.45 am and destroyed the entire stock of cloths and other materials kept in the factory.</p>.<p>Three fire engines were deployed to douse the flames, which were brought under control by around 10 am, they said.</p>.<p>As a precautionary measure, 40 to 50 people residing in houses located around the factory were asked to move to safer places, the officials said.</p>.<p>The cause of the fire was not yet known, they said.</p>.<p>Smoke and flames billowing out of the powerloom unit could be seen from a long distance.</p>.<p>Santosh Kadam, chief of the Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), said there was no casualty in the incident.</p>
<p>A fire broke out on Friday morning in a powerloom unit in Bhiwandi town in Maharashtra's Thane district, damaging materials and clothes, but no casualty was reported, officials said.</p>.<p>The blaze-hit unit is located in Khokha Compound on Kalyan Road of the powerloom town.</p>.<p>Officials in Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation's fire brigade said the blaze started around 6.45 am and destroyed the entire stock of cloths and other materials kept in the factory.</p>.<p>Three fire engines were deployed to douse the flames, which were brought under control by around 10 am, they said.</p>.<p>As a precautionary measure, 40 to 50 people residing in houses located around the factory were asked to move to safer places, the officials said.</p>.<p>The cause of the fire was not yet known, they said.</p>.<p>Smoke and flames billowing out of the powerloom unit could be seen from a long distance.</p>.<p>Santosh Kadam, chief of the Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), said there was no casualty in the incident.</p>