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.
By the time we reached, the fire had already spread to the seating area and tables and chairs had caught fire,” said a fire officer.
As one team doused the flames, another managed to take out six other cylinders that were in the restaurant’s kitchen, the officer added.
A major mishap was averted as the restaurant was closed at the time and the blaze was contained within a few minutes, he said.
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