Cooking gas cylinder explodes in Pune eatery, no casualties

A cooking gas cylinder exploded and caused serious damages at an eatery in the Gawali Wada area of Pune Tuesday morning, said officials. The Pune fire brigade deployed four fire tenders to bring the fire under control as it started spreading to the upper floor. No casualties were reported, said officials.

As per the information given by the officials from the control room of the Pune fire brigade, they received a call around 7.10 am about the fire in a mess located on the ground floor of the building in the central part of Pune.

Fire officer Prashant Gaykar said: “The fire had intensified by the time we reached and started spreading to the upper floor.