Fire breaks out at Pune’s iconic Fashion Street market

A major fire broke out at the famous Fashion Street market in the Pune Cantonment area late on Friday night, officials said.

A call was received at 11 pm and water tankers were rushed to the spot, fire brigade officials said. About 18 fire tenders and several water tankers were pressed into service. After a rigorous fire fighting operation, the situation at the spot was brought under control around 1.30 am.

Around 400 stalls were gutted in the devastating fire.

Even though the fire was extinguished, the “cooling operation” is still going on, said fire officials.