45 residents evacuated after fire in parking lot of building in Pune’s Guruwar Peth

“After receiving the call, a fire tender was deployed. After the squad reached the location, the situation was assessed. An electricity meter box had caught fire, and the flames were rapidly spreading to nearby bikes in the parking lot. Intense smoke was spreading throughout the building,” said a fire brigade officer.

“The residents on the upper floor had started experiencing discomfort due to the smoke. It was decided to evacuate the residents of the four-floor building. The power supply was disconnected,” the officer said.

According to the officer, the fire was brought under control within 15 minutes, and 45 occupants of the building were safely evacuated. “The electricity meter box and four bikes were completely gutted in the fire. No casualties were reported in the incident,” the officer added.

Fire officer Prashant Gaykar and firefighters Atul Mohite, Azim Shaikh, Sudhir Navale, Tejas Patel, Sagar Shirke and Yash Virkar were part of the rescue and firefighting operation.

In a separate incident at around 9 pm on Tuesday, a 70-year-old woman was evacuated after a fire broke out in her apartment in Sanskruti Sundar Society on Canal Road in Pune. Initial observations suggested that the fire started after the decorative item for the Ganesh festival caught fire from an oil lamp nearby.

The residents of the building broke open the door and rescued the elderly woman. The residents extinguished the fire with the help of the building’s firefighting system before the firefighters reached the location, fire brigade officials said.