India, July 21 -- Three electric scooters were destroyed, and a two-storey residential building was damaged after a fire broke out while the vehicles were being charged in Pimpri-Chinchwad's Walhekarwadi area on Monday morning. One person sustained burn injuries, while two women trapped inside the building were rescued by firefighters.

The fire broke out around 7 am in the parking area of a residential building near Dagadoba Chowk, where three electric scooters were plugged in for charging. Preliminary information suggests one scooter caught fire during charging, with flames spreading to the other two vehicles and parts of the adjacent building.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Fire Department rushed three fire engines ...