Maharashtra: 150 scrap shops gutted in fire in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area

Around 150 scrap shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out in Pune, Fire department officials said on Saturday. 

The fire broke out around 1:30 am on Saturday in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area. 

The Fire Department said that it has been brought under control. 

Meanwhile, a fire broke out at NTPC's Kaniha plant in Odisha's Angul district on Saturday, fire service officials said. The fire broke out at 8.10 am in the coal transporting conveyor belt of the plant in the Talcher area of the district, they said.

There was no report of any injury in the fire, they said. The NTPC in a statement said that the fire call was quickly responded to by the CISF fire wing and plant disaster team.

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