Thane | Three employees of a restaurant located on Ghodbunder Road in Thane district of Maharashtra suffered burn injuries, while as many others were rescued after a fire broke at the eatery on Wednesday morning, civic officials said.

The fire broke out at the restaurant, a single-storey structure, around 8 am, Avinash Sawant, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), told PTI.

After being alerted about the incident, personnel from the local fire brigade unit and the RDMC rushed to the spot and doused the blaze within an hour, he said.

"Three employees of the restaurant sustained burn injuries. They were rushed to a nearby private hospital and are being treated presently," Sawant said, adding that they did not suffer serious injuries.

The firefighters rescued three employees of the eatery, he said.

The firefighters safely removed eight LPG gas cylinders from the spot, he said, adding that a cooling operation is currently underway.

The cause of the blaze is being ascertained, Sawant said.