Separate fire incidents reported from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; claims 4 lives

Two separate fire incidents have been reported from Maharashtra’s Pune and Anadhra Pradesh’s Pathapatnam. As per details, fire in Pune has taken four lives while details from Andhra Pradesh are awaited.

According to the sources, four people have been died in a fire in Purnanagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad of Pune district today. The police officials confirmed that fire was gutted at an electric hardware shop on the ground floor of a residential building in the wee hours on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, fire broke out in a shopping mall in Pathapatnam, of Srikakulam district due to an electrical short circuit. Soon after getting the information, fire engines reached the spot to douse the fire. More details awaited.