Thane, Nov 9 (PTI) An electricity transformer caught fire in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday morning, civic officials said.

No person was injured in the blaze which erupted at around 5.30 am in the transformer located in Subhash Nagar area, Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation's disaster management officer Sakib Kharbe said.

Also Read | Gurugram Bus Fire: Two People Dead After Passenger Bus Catches Fire on Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (Watch Videos).

After being alerted, local firemen rushed to the spot and put out the blaze in about an hour, he said.

The transformer was completely destroyed, he said.

Also Read | Haryana Hooch Tragedy: Six Dead After Consuming Spurious Liquor in Yamunanagar District.

The cause of the fire was not yet known.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)