Picket components of the staircase on the seventh ground of the primary constructing of Savitribai Phule Pune College (SPPU) caught fireplace on Saturday night.
The Pune Hearth Brigade and the college’s safety guards rapidly extinguished the hearth. No casualties have been reported within the incident.
In response to the Hearth Brigade, the staircase and the construction made for hoisting flags caught fireplace round 6pm.
After noticing the hearth, the safety personnel tried to extinguish it with their tools. In the meantime, the Hearth Brigade was additionally knowledgeable.
A crew led by fireplace officer Kamlesh Sangale reached the spot and doused the hearth. The reason for the hearth isn’t identified, mentioned fireplace officers.College registrar Prafulla A Pawar mentioned that work on the preventive conservation of the primary constructing was on and that tar sheets have been being laid on the roof to keep away from water leakage within the constructing. “The tar sheets are required to be lighted earlier than laying. Presently, just a few tar sheets caught fireplace and smoke emanated from the world. As a precaution, we referred to as the Hearth Brigade. It was a minor incident,” he mentioned.