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The owner of SVS Aqua Technologies, who was arrested in connection with a fire tragedy at his chemical plant near here which claimed 17 lives, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody till June 13 by a court in Pune. At least 17 workers, including 15 women, were killed in the massive fire at SVS Aqua Technologies s plant, which manufacturers chemicals, including chlorine dioxide (used in water purification), on Monday. A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered
The blaze was doused in half-an-hour.
PUNE: A major fire broke in an old fruit and vegetable market in Pune early Tuesday morning, destroying at least 25 shops, fire brigade officials said. There was no report of any casualty, they said.
The fire broke out around 4am in the Shivaji Market, a popular establishment in the Cantonment area in Maharashtra, a fire official said.
At least 25 shops were gutted in the blaze, he said. After receiving a call about the fire, we sent nine water tankers there and the blaze was doused in half-an-hour, Pune Municipal Corporation s fire department chief Prashant Ranpise said.
A major fire broke in an old fruit and vegetable market in Pune early this morning (Representational)
Pune:
A major fire broke in an old fruit and vegetable market in Pune early this morning, destroying at least 25 shops, fire brigade officials said.
There was no report of any casualty, they told news agency Press Trust of India.
The fire broke out around 4 am in the Shivaji Market, a popular establishment in the Cantonment area in Pune in Maharashtra, a fire official said.
At least 25 shops were destroyed in the fire, the official told news agency PTI. After receiving a call about the fire, we sent nine water tankers there and the fire was doused in half-an-hour, Pune Municipal Corporation s fire department chief Prashant Ranpise said.