A massive fire broke out in Pune’s Bhawani Peth, home to a famous timber market around 4 am on Thursday, May 25. This area also hosts multiple godowns of furniture dealers. Over 100 firefighters, many police officers, and 30 fire tenders have rushed to the spot in a bid to control the fire and prevent it from spreading nearby.
So far, the firefighting operations have been successful in controlling its spread to a school nearby but operations continue. No injuries or casualties have been reported thus far.
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This is a breaking story. More developments to follow.