Two injured, goods worth lakhs destroyed as blaze guts three shops in Maharashtra's Pune

The incident took place near D Mart on Pune-Satara road in the early hours of Monday.

Pune: Two people were injured while goods worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes after a massive blaze gutted three shops in Maharashtra's Pune in the early hours of Monday, officials said. As per officials, the incident took place near D Mart on Pune-Satara road last night around 2.30 am. An official said that the local Fire and Emergency Department received a distress call about a fire incident in some shops near D Mart on Satara road at 2:22 am midnight.

Accordingly, a total of six fire tenders, two water tankers and an ambulance were dispatched from the fire brigade to the spot. An official said that the fire had engulfed three shops dealing in electronic goods and mobile phones. The cause of the fire incident was not immediately known. The Fire Brigade along with the locals soon swung into action and brought the fire under control by dousing the flames.

However, by the times, the firefighters doused the fire, two persons were injured in the incident, an official said. One of the injured persons is the owner of one of the gutted shops, he added. The official further informed that goods worth lakhs were destroyed in the fire incident causing heavy losses to the shop owners.

The two-storey building housing the shops has collapsed due to the blaze. It is said that the fire was intensified due to the explosion of the electronic appliances inside the shops. The blast was so powerful that the shutters of shops and the concrete walls came collapsing on the road. A motorcyle parked in the nearby area was also burnt in the incident.

The local police has launched an investigation to find out the cause of the fire incident.