Pune, Mar 16, 2021: At least 25 shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out in Pune’s Shivaji Market early Tuesday morning, fire brigade officials said.
Nine water tankers were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused within half an hour.
"After receiving a call about the fire, we sent nine water tankers there and the blaze was doused in half-an-hour," Pune Municipal Corporation’s fire department chief Prashant Ranpise told PTI.
Till now, no casualty has been reported from the incident. However, the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
The fire broke out around 4 am in the Shivaji Market, a popular establishment in the Cantonment area in Maharashtra.
Courtesy: India Today