A major fire broke out at one of the laboratories at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in which one student suffered minor injuries, officials said.

The blaze erupted around 12.15 pm, chief of the Pune Municipal Corporation`s fire department, Prashant Ranpise said. "We have sent water tankers to the institute and the work of dousing the fire is going on," he said. An official of the IISER, which is located in the Pashan area of the city, said that the fire broke out at one of the labs in the chemistry department of the main building.