Minor fire breaks out at Pune’s Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav music festival

Pune City Fire Brigade chief Devendra Potphode said, “It was a minor fire that started due to a short circuit. We have a fire tender stationed at the venue round the clock as a precautionary measure. The fire was brought under control immediately.”

Shrinivas Joshi, executive president of the Arya Sangeet Prasad Mandal, the body that organises the festival, said, “A wire broke and fell on the curtain at the rear end of the pandal, which then caught fire. All safety measures were in place. So, with the help of a fire extinguisher, it was immediately brought under control. Fire brigade personnel who were stationed at the venue, trained security personnel and volunteers contributed to restoring normalcy within a few minutes after the incident took place.”