Pune | 15 vehicles gutted in fire at housing society in Shivane

Pune : NpNews24 Online – In all, 13 two-wheelers and two auto-rickshaws gutted in a fire in the wee hours of Thursday at the Shivkamal Prestige housing society, Shivane.

Fire engines from the PMC and PMRDA doused the fire immediately after being informed. However, the 15 vehicles were gutted in the fire.

Residents suspected it to be a sabotage. The five-storey Shivkamal Prestige housing society is located near the Shinde Bridge in Shivane. The vehicles in the parking slot on the society’s premises caught fire. The fire brigade was informed around 5 am. The PMC fire engines reached first. Later, the PMRDA fire engines arrived. However, the vehicles were gutted in fire by that time. Later, the fire brigade personnel doused the blaze.

Giving details about the incident, station duty officer Prabhakar Umratkar said electric meter boxes were not damaged. However, a tube light in the parking lot got burnt. Residents of the building said they heard a sound. They rushed downstairs and saw all 15 vehicles had caught fire. They suspected it to be a sabotage. The Uttamnagar police reached the spot and inquired about the incident.

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