pune at least 12 shops selling mechanical electrical and electronic equipment like water pumps computers airconditioning units and copper wires were gutted in a fire that broke out at juna bazaar at mangalwar peth around 730am on wednesday no one was injured in the incidentthe incident occurred when a fire lit by a worker using posters banners and disposable material to separate copper wire from motors spread to adjoining shops in the congested market area with mostly tinshed structures police said on wednesday afternoon the police arrested musef alias majju nazir shaikh 35 who had lit the fire on the charge of mischief after registering a suo motu complaintshaikh lit the fire in a small space between two shops around 715am for separating copper wire from electric motors he used posters and banners for this purpose but the flames suddenly flared up and quickly spread to the adjoining shops assistant inspector manoj abhang of the faraskhana police told toione of the oldest markets in the city with a 250yearold history the juna bazaar market is held every sunday and wednesday there are 216 registered and 100 unregistered shops all made of tin sheetscity fire brigade chief devendra potphode said we received an emergency call at 738am and 10 fire tenders and a couple of water tankers rushed to the spot our teams brought the fire under control in an hour and then sprayed water for another 30 minutes to cool down the affected areamohsin shaikh whose five shops were damaged in the fire said i had some personal work in mumbai and left pune around 7am however i received a call at 736am from a person that there was a fire in my shops i called the fire brigade at 738am and returned to juna bazaar by then huge flames were billowing out of my shopsshaikh said the shop had old airconditioning units computers tools and other equipment besides furniture and carpets we believe that the furniture and carpet caught fire first and then the flames destroyed other articlesshaikhs brother also owns four shops which were gutted in the fire the three other neighbouring shops were partially damaged