A worker died after suffering critical burn injuries in a fire that broke out in a storage unit on the ground floor of a residential building in Pune’s Kondhwa area on Saturday night, fire officials said. The blaze erupted around 9 pm at Firdous Apartment in Vetal Nagar, prompting a swift response from the Pune Fire Brigade. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control before it could spread to the upper floors of the six-storey building. Fire breaks out in ground-floor storage area According to fire officials, the ground floor of the residential building was being used as a storage space for materials required for painting work. “The ground floor of the building was being used to store materials required for painting work. There was a fire and heavy smoke when our teams reached the site,” a fire official said. Three fire tenders were rushed to the scene after the incident was reported. Worker rescued but succumbs to injuries Firefighters rescued a worker who was trapped inside the smoke-filled storage unit. He was found …