Thane, September 3: Unidentified persons threw two burning tyres on the Kapurbawdi bridge in Maharashtra's Thane city on Sunday morning, civic officials said. After being alerted, local firemen and the disaster management cell team rushed to the spot, put out the blaze and took away the burnt tyres, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. The incident took place at around 8.45 am, he said. Thane Building Collapse Video: Two-Storey Building Collapses in Bhiwandi, Rescue Operations On

Asked if it was a fallout of the recent violence in Jalna, senior police inspector Uttam Sonawane from Kapurbawdi police station ruled out the possibility and said they were conducting a probe into the incident. Bhiwandi Building Collapse: Two Dead, Four Injured as Portion of Decrepit Building Collapses in Gauripada (Watch Video)

On Saturday, a rally was taken out on the main streets of Thane city condemning the lathi-charge by police on protesters in Jalna on Friday while they were demanding reservation for the Maratha community.

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