At least four people died in a fire in Purnanagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune on Wednesday. The fire engulfed an electric hardware shop on the ground floor of a residential building around 5 am today.
"So far, bodies of four people, who were sleeping on the mezzanine of the hardware shop located on the building's ground floor, have been recovered, a fire official from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation said.
The blaze has been extinguished and cooling process was underway, he said.
Officials said a short-circuit may have caused the fire. However, an investigation is on, they added. The deceased have been identified as Chimnaram Chowdhary (48), Namrata Chimnaram Chowdhary (40), Bhavesh Chowdhary (15) and Sachin Choudhary (13), the officials said.
#WATCH | Maharashtra | Four people died in a fire in Purnanagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district today. Fire gutted an electric hardware shop on the ground floor of a residential building around 5 am today.
— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2023
(Video: Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Fire Department) https://t.co/it5AVRtTMk pic.twitter.com/D43G8zmieK
In another incident, fire broke out in a shopping mall in Pathapatnam, of Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, due to an electrical short circuit. Fire engines were rushed to the spot.
With inputs from PTI
First Published: Aug 30, 2023 9:57 AM IST
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