Maharashtra: Fire breaks out during Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav in Pune

A fire broke out during the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav an annual Indian classical music festival in Pune city of Maharashtra on Sunday the officials said reported the PTIThe blaze was put out quickly said fire officials the news agency reportedThe fire did not spread and no one was injured in the incident they saidAccording to a fire official a piece of cloth in the mandap caught fire after a short circuit in the power generator around 415 pm as per the PTIA person in the audience tried to douse it using a fire extinguisher However a fire department team deployed at the venue immediately rushed to the spot and put out the fire and ensured that it did not spread further the official said according to the PTINobody was injured in the blaze he addedMeanwhile in an another incident as many as nine people were killed and three others seriously injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory in Chakdoh in Maharashtras Nagpuron Sunday police said as per the PTIIn a statement Ashish Srivastava senior general manager of Solar Industries India Limited said A tragic incident occurred at 9am in building number HRCPCH2 Mixing Melting and Casting in which nine workers lost their livesAngry locals and relatives of workers blocked the AmravatiNagpur highway running along the site of the explosives manufacturing unit with may shouting slogans and demanding access to the premises so that they could see the bodies of their loved onesA mob of around 200 persons also stood outside the gate while police tried to pacify they and asked them disperseA senior police official told PTI that there were explosives near the spot and the process of securing the explosives was underway and thereafter the bodies will be recovered a police official saidMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arrived at the site some time after 915 pm and spoke to kin of the deceased He took information about the incident from civic police and company officials a District Information Office release saidMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister too visited the blast site and spoke to relatives of the deceased In a message on social media platform X Fadnavis said the state government will provide compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the dead while the amount from the company would be Rs 20 lakh eachDeputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who visited the spot said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had ordered an inquiry into the incidentwith PTI inputs