Maharashtra: Major fire at fabric godown in Pune, no casualties reported

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A major fire broke out at a godown of furnishing fabrics in Yevlewadi area of Maharashtra's Pune city on Friday morning, officials said.
The fire brigade received a call about the blaze around 8 am, they said, reported PTI.

"Twelve fire tenders and water tankers were rushed to the scene and efforts to control the fire are currently underway," a fire brigade official said. There was no report of any casualty so far, he said.

In a separate case, earlier in February 2023, A fire broke out at a vegetable market in Maharashtra's Pune city on Tuesday in which nearly 90 stalls were damaged and two tempos burnt, fire brigade officials said. No person was injured in the fire which erupted at around 1.45 am at the market located in Chintamani Nagar in Handewadi area of Hadapsar suburb, they said. Nearly 90 stalls were damaged in the blaze, which also destroyed a large quantity of vegetables. Two tempos were also gutted, a fire official said.

In September 2021, one person was killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out at a small unit involved in making cake firework candles at an industrial estate in Pune district. "One person was killed in the blaze," a police official said, adding that two other persons received minor injuries while escaping from the unit. The deceased was identified as Dattanand Digambar Sonawane (40), the official said.

In June 2021, at least 18 workers, mostly women, were charred to death in a devastating fire that broke out at a chemical firm in an industrial area in Pune district, officials said. According to the officials, the fire broke out at SVS Aqua Technologies, which manufactures chlorine dioxide among other chemicals and is located in the Pirangut MIDC area of Mulshi tehsil on the outskirts of Pune city.

In December 2016, six workers were suffocated to death when a fire broke out in a bakery shop whose only exit was locked from outside in Kondhwa area. The victims, all hailing from Uttar Pradesh, used to sleep on the loft inside the bakery shop, 'Bakes and Cakes', which is owned by three partners. The deceased were identified as - Ishad Ansari (26), Juned Ansari (25), Shanu Ansari (20), Zakir Ansari (24), Faeem Ansari (21) and Zishan Ansari (21). "Since the main shutter was locked from outside, all the six got trapped inside and died of suffocation," a fire official had informed.

(With inputs from PTI)