Pune: A major fire breaks out in the poor neighborhood of Patil, 30 fire tenders on the spot – PICS

Pune: A huge fire broke out on Wednesday in a poor neighborhood in Pune, Maharashtra. According to the news agency ANI the fire broke out at Patil Estate Lane number 3, near Shivajinagar in Pune. Thirty fire offers are on site.

Nearly 100 of the 400 shantytown huts have been razed. The fire seems to have started after the explosion of a gas cylinder around 1 pm and quickly spread as more bottles of five to six other households exploded. thus aggravating the tragedy, reports the daily Marathi Loksatta .

As the fire rages, new tenders have been launched from Pune and the adjacent Pimpri Chinchwad fire stations. Crowds gathered to watch the fire hinder efforts to fight the fire, the newspaper reports. The police attempted to demarcate the area and redirect traffic to the slums. Fortunately, no case of loss of life has been reported.

A senior fire chief confided to The Indian Express that the occupants had been immediately evacuated at the beginning of the fire. He added that the fire had spread very quickly as many huts stored garbage.

"The fire spread quickly because of The explosion of LPG bottles More than 60 ghosts have been ravaged by the fire No casualties are lamenting while people have rushed to a secure area, said one official firefighters at the PTI news agency. The fire was extinguished after about two hours with the help of more than 30 fire tenderers. PTI quoted the manager. The exact cause of the incident is under study.