Overview
- A fire tore through a private bus depot in Indore, gutting at least three empty buses and several motorcycles next to a residential colony, with no injuries reported, police said.
- Investigators are checking the cause, while local reports say welding work in an on-site repair bay threw sparks that ignited a bus and the flames spread.
- Residents led by ward councillor Manish Sharma protested at the site and demanded the yard be relocated after what they described as repeat fire hazards near homes.
- In separate Thane incidents, crews quickly doused a container-truck cabin blaze tied to a suspected short circuit and a Kopri fire that damaged three parked two-wheelers, with no injuries.
- Police work this weekend also included tracing and returning 110 lost phones using the national CEIR device registry and launching a manhunt after a fatal Virar hit-and-run.