Overview

• The blaze was reported around 3:30 am in Guruwar Peth after an electricity meter box ignited in the building’s parking area.
• Pune Fire Brigade teams evacuated roughly 40–45 residents from a single-exit building filled with smoke, with no injuries reported.
• Crews disconnected power and contained the fire within minutes, limiting damage to the meter box and four motorcycles.
• Officials say an electrical short circuit is the likely cause in the meter box, with a formal inquiry underway.
• In a separate incident hours earlier, neighbors rescued a 70-year-old woman from a Canal Road apartment fire linked to festival decorations.