Fire leaves most of rooftop restaurant gutted in Pune

Fire Brigade officials said the firefighting apparatus, including the extinguishers and sprinklers at the establishment, were not working.

Fire at Vegeta restaurant at Marvel Vista building in Lullanagar in Pune. (Express photo by Arul Horizon)

HEAVY DAMAGE was reported following a major fire in a rooftop restaurant in a commercial building in Lulla Nagar of the city area on Tuesday morning. Fire Brigade officials said the firefighting apparatus, including the extinguishers and sprinklers at the establishment, were not working.

Around 8.15 am, the fire was reported at Vegeta restaurant on the seventh floor of Marvel Vista commercial building. Six fire tenders from Pune Fire Brigade’s Kondhwa, and Gangadham fire stations were deployed for operations along with an additional fire tender from the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority.

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Firefighters broke open the door of the restaurant and took out as many as eight cooking gas cylinders from there. “The fire was brought under control around 9.15 am. No casualties were reported as the restaurant was closed at the time of the fire,” said Fire Station Officer Sameer Shaikh.

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