The chief fire officer, Sunil Gilbile, said, “The fire has been brought under control and currently the cooling down process is on. We are trying our best so that there is no secondary fire.”
Pune: As many as 20 gas cylinders reportedly exploded after a fire broke out at a cylinder storage shed in Pune’s Katraj area on Tuesday around 5 pm. While no casualty was reported in the incident, the fire department said the incident left one person with minor injuries.
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The identity of the person injured and his nature of injury could not be ascertained till the time of filing this report.
The chief fire officer, Sunil Gilbile, said, “The fire has been brought under control and currently the cooling down process is on. We are trying our best so that there is no secondary fire.”
On the possible reasons that could have led to the fire, the fireman said, “We are yet to gather information about the nature of the storage facility and what activity was going on at the time of the incident.”