The city witnessed two fire incidents on Wednesday, both confirmed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Fire Department.

The first incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday at Sundar Sanskruti Society on Canal Road. According to fire officials, a diya placed in front of a Ganpati idol toppled onto decoration items inside a flat on the 10th floor, sparking a fire. Thick smoke quickly spread through the flat, trapping 70-year-old resident Kumud Barsavle.

“Alert neighbours managed to open the door and rescue her safely before the fire brigade arrived. The society’s fire-fighting system partially controlled the blaze, after which fire personnel carried out cooling operations. There were no injuries reported, and the fire was contained in time,” said a police official.