20210721 Pune: Fire in basement store on MG Road, no one hurt
India Jul 21 2021 “Building” “Stores”
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Pune: Fire in basement store on MG Road, no one hurt
Updated: 2021-07-21
PUNE: A fire broke out in a garment shop in the basement of a commercial building on MG Road in Camp on Tuesday afternoon. The shop was gutted, but the 49 shops nearby were saved by the fire brigade. No one was injured in the incident.
Four fire tenders, one from Pune Cantonment Board and three from Pune Municipal Corporation, were pressed into action.
“The congested basement of the building has about 50 shops. The fire broke out at around 3.30pm,” station duty officer Pradeep Khedekar told TOI.
“There was dense smoke and the fire brigade used an exhaust blower to dissipate the smoke. The team had ot use breathing apparatus to reach the site,” he said.
Shopkeepers locked their shops and fled. The fire brigade extinguish the fire before it could spread to the other shops, he said.
Web Source: The Times of India