PUNE: At least 13 luxury buses, including a Shivshavi bus of the Maharashtra state road transport corporation , were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a garage in Shindewadi, about 25km from here, on Wednesday morning.No one was reported injured in the incident. It took about an hour for the Pune fire brigade to douse the blaze. "Eight parked buses were completely destroyed while five others were left severely damaged," Sanjay Ramteke, fire officer told TOI.He said that fire broke out in one of the parked buses around 10am on Wednesday. Within a few seconds, it spread to other areas and engulfed more buses. "Our two fire tenders and two water browsers were sent to the spot," Ramteke said.Garage owner Ashoka Rai told TOI that one of his mechanics was trying to start a bus when the fire broke out due to short circuit. "Due to fibre and other material, it immediately covered the entire bus," Rai said.Rai and other workers tried to douse the fire by using fire extinguishers in the garage. "As the fire spread rapidly, it went beyond our control. So we immediately alerted the fire brigade," Rai said.Rai said that there were one Shivshahi and other private buses in the garage. "The buses were damaged in the fire," Rai said.

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