The incident occurred at around 1.50 am at Vaidya Building, next to Nagrik Store, near Shop No. 3, which houses Lakhnavi Chikankari Art, owned by Sudhir Salunkhe and Sanjay Salunkhe. A fire broke out in a room above a shop on Station Road in Thane (West) in the early hours of Thursday, November 12. A plastic tarpaulin at the premises was also caught in the fire.