At least two fires broke out within separate compartments of the same building on the Serum Institute premises. Firefighters extinguished the first fire before “new blazes” started in the same area hours later, WION reported.
“Five bodies were found [after the first fire],” Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol told Asian News International (ANI). The five victims were later identified as workers at the plant.
“The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained but it is being speculated that welding, that was going on at the building, caused the fire,” Mohol said.
The fire was “caused by welding sparks at the construction site at the SII,” Maharashtra state Health Minister M. Rajesh Tope told ANI, adding that “the inflammable material at the site aggravated the fire.”
Pune: 37 arrested for providing fake documents to criminals for securing bail
All accused persons were produced before a court, on Wednesday, which remanded them in police custody till December 26. Updated: December 24, 2020 1:22:16 am
The Vadodara city police has set up an inquiry into the death of a 45-year-old man in custody, who was detained at the Jawaharnagar police station over “harassment of a woman” in the area early on Tuesday. (Representational Image)
Pune Police have arrested 37 persons from at least five groups that had allegedly been providing various types of fake documents required by criminals to secure bail.
Following multiple raids near Shivajinagar court and other spots in the city, police arrested 37 persons, including six women, on Tuesday. The accused were booked in seven separate offences lodged at Shivajinagar police station.
After multiple Gaur sightings within weeks, govt to study why animals moved to forest close to Pune
Subsequently, nets and barricades were put up by Forest department staff at the points from where the Gaur could move towards the highway bypass road or into the city area. Updated: December 24, 2020 1:14:49 am
A gaur spotted in Pune recently. (Express Photo: Arul Horizon)
Following the second incident of a Gaur being spotted in Pune urban limits, Forest department officials said they will undertake a study to understand the habitat and paths of Gaurs in the forests adjoining city limits, and will also hold a meeting with city police officials for a coordinated response in such man-animal conflict situations.