A middle-aged man died Thursday after coming into contact with an electrical feeder in the 9 BRD (Base Repair Depot) area on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway in Maharashtra, said the police who have initiated a probe for identifying the deceased.
Fire officials who rushed to the spot said that the electric feeder of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) caught fire and the blaze had spread to the nearby space. Firemen extinguished the flames and the situation was brought under control within an hour, fire officer Subhash Jadhav said.
Pune Fire Brigade control room received a call around 8 am about a fire at an electrical feeder in the 9 BRD area, he said.
