Fire breaks out in wada at Sadashiv Peth

PUNE: A major fire broke out in a wada at Sadashiv Peth during the early hours of Thursday. While no casualties have been reported, the reason for the fire was still not known.
Fire brigade personnel took control of the situation within an hour, as the fire destroyed one room of the wada completely while substantially damaging another room.
Vivek Karmarkar, a resident of the Kulkarniwada located on Kumthekar Road told TOI that the fire broke out around 2 am in the room of his neighbour Bapusaheb Mathkari."We first switched off the connections to the inverter and started pouring water on the fire. When fire continued to spread, we informed the fire brigade," Karmarkar said.
Karmarkar said five families reside in the one-storey wada. At the time of the incident, two of the families were not at home. "Once the fire started spreading, all of us came down to the road," Kulkarni said, adding, "The fire gutted Mathkari's room, and the two adjoining rooms were also affected."
According to station duty officer D N Nagalkar, the control room of the fire brigade received a call at 2.10 am. "Initially, we sent one fire tender to the spot. After receiving reports on the extent of the fire, we sent two more fire tenders and two water tankers," Nagalkar said.
He added that the fire brigade managed to control the fire within half an hour. "The fire was completed doused by 3.15 am," Nagalkar said, adding, "The room of Mathkari's neighbour Sachin Jyeshthe was also damaged in the fire."