The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained
Valpoi: A fire broke out at a house belonging to Ashwini A Suralkar near the primary school at Shingne-Shelpe in Sattari on Wednesday afternoon, causing an estimated loss of Rs 5 lakh. Property worth around Rs 10 lakh was saved.Valpoi fire and emergency services received a call at 1.51pm and dispatched a firefighting team led by leading firefighter Satish Naik. The team brought the fire under control and cleared the call at 3.36pm.The operation was carried out by Satish Naik, Pradeep Gaonkar, Mahadev Gawde, Aditya Gawas and Gokuldas Degvekar. One hose and one tank of water were used to douse the flames.The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, and further investigation is under way.
