As a part of an Air Force exercise, some grass along the runway on Pune airport was set on fire around 7.15 pm on Tuesday. The drill went on normally with no changes in the schedule even as rumours of a major fire went around for sometime.
An Air Force spokesperson said, “It was a regular exercise of the Air Force to check the reaction in case there is a fire. A situation was created at 7.15 pm on Tuesday.”
05/12/12 Indian Express
