Furniture Shops Gutted In Massive Fire In Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar

A massive fire guts over 100 furniture shops at Azad Chowk in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. No casualties were reported.

People standing around the blaze at Azad Chowk.

Source : ANI

A massive fire broke out in furniture shops at Azad Chowk in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, on Thursday morning. Several shops were gutted, but there have been no reports of any casualties. 

Upon receiving information about the fire, firefighters swiftly reached the spot and brought the blaze under control. More than 100 shops have been gutted in the fire, causing losses worth several lakhs.

A crowd had formed outside the burning as tankers of water were being brought in to aid the firefighting operations, as they continued fire extinguishing operations. The charred remains of the shops were seen, in the video captured by ANI.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. 

#WATCH | Maharashtra | Fire broke out in furniture shops at Azad Chowk in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra. Fire tenders reached the spot and the fire was brought under control. pic.twitter.com/oM4nrQ1QaH

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Pune Minibus Fire

This comes just hours after four people were killed after a minibus caught fire on Wednesday morning in Pune's Hinjewadi area. A tempo traveller was ferrying some employees of the private firm to their office. When the vehicle was near Dassault Systemes, a fire started close to the driver’s feet.

The driver slowed down the vehicle after the fire spread to the front side, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishal Gaikwad of Hinjewadi. 

The casualties resulted because the emergency exit at the rear side of the minibus could not be opened, an official said.

Speaking to ANI, DCP Pimpri-Chinchwad Vishal Gaikwad said that preliminary evidence indicates the fire was caused by a short circuit in the minibus.

"A call was received on 112 around 7:30 in the morning that a minibus had caught on fire in the Hinjawadi PS area, in which a few passengers have died and others have been severely injured."