Pune fire brigade personnel were rushed to the scene after a massive fire broke out in a factory and godown with a paper shed at Barate Maidan, Malwadi, Warje. The blaze prompted the deployment of seven fire brigade vehicles for extinguishing operations.
Hours earlier, they had been involved in controlling another large fire in Pune that required 10 fire tenders and 80 firefighters.
Visuals from the scene showed thick smoke billowing from the godown.
Summer's onset in Pune annually brings not just elevated heat but also a spike in fire incidents. Every year, Pune's fire department data highlights a strong correlation between high temperatures and different fire risks, such as electrical faults, waste and debris blazes, wildfires, and car fires.
On Sunday, a fire broke out in a traditional wooden house, commonly known as a wada, in the Nana Peth locality of Pune city.
No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.
Chief Fire Officer Devendra Potphode told ANI that since no one had lived in the wooden house for the last ten years, there had been no reported casualties in the incident. Although the fire did not spread to any neighboring buildings, residents of those buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
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