Seven shops, 8 houses, school rooms gutted in Pune timber mart fire, no casualties reported

At least seven timber godowns and eight nearby houses were gutted in a fire that broke out in one of the premises around 4 a.m. here on Thursday, officials said. There are no casualties in the blaze. According to the Pune fire brigade, the incident was reported from a timber market area of Bhavani Peth and continues to rage after nearly six hours. Later, the blaze engulfed around half a dozen classrooms of the government-run R. A. Kidwai Urdu School in Pune, which is behind the timber mart and presently closed for vacations.