Cylinder blast leads to fire in restaurant

A fire broke out at a restaurant in Pune’s Hadapsar area in the early hours of Tuesday following a cylinder blast in its kitchen, fire department officials said. While no casualties were reported, fire brigade personnel managed to take six cylinders out, averting a major blaze.

Officials with the fire department said their control room received a call about a blaze in a restaurant in Sade Satra Nali at 12.45 am. A fire tender from the Hadapsar fire station was immediately deployed in response.

“Preliminary assessment suggest the fire started due to a cylinder blast after gas leaked from it.