Pune recorded 24 fire incidents linked to Diwali fireworks on the day of Lakshmi Pujan, while the Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal area reported about 50 fire-related emergencies in a single day, according to a report by Sakal. Fire brigade personnel responded to the incidents and brought the fires under control. No injuries were reported in the Pune city incidents covered by the report.
The incidents were spread across residential neighbourhoods, open spaces, roadsides, commercial premises and industrial areas. In Sadashiv Peth, a fire broke out on the balcony of a flat in the Nagnath Par area after a firecracker reportedly caused the blaze. A tree caught fire in Vadgaon Budruk, while accumulated waste on the roof of a house in Gokulnagar along the Katraj-Kondhwa Road also caught fire.
Waste material caught fire near City Pride on Satara Road, and material stored on the ground floor of an old building in Kadnagar, Kondhwa, was also affected. Grass caught fire in an open ground in the DSK Vishwa area of Dhayari. In Shivajinagar, a spark from a firecracker reportedly landed on a tree near Shirole Road, starting another fire.
Other incidents were reported in Harakanagar in Bhawani Peth, where waste caught fire, and in an open space near the Yerawada regional office, where stored material caught fire. A warehouse in Fursungi caught fire at around 8 pm. Firecracker-related fires were also reported on the balcony of a housing society at Goyal Ganga Society on Sinhagad Road and at a society near Krishna Hospital in Kothrud.
Fires were additionally reported in homes in Nana Peth, Bhawani Peth, Shukrawar Peth’s Shinde Ali and near the Mithganj police chowky in Ganj Peth. A flex-printing shop in the Sonawane Industrial Estate on Satara Road caught fire. Grass in an open ground in Someshwarwadi, Pashan, and a house in the Warje area were also affected.
The concentration of incidents across homes, balconies, waste-filled spaces, trees, grasslands and commercial premises illustrates the range of surfaces and materials exposed to firecracker sparks during the festival. The response required fire brigade teams to attend locations spread across several parts of Pune, including dense older neighbourhoods, housing societies, roadsides and industrial areas.
Pimpri-Chinchwad reported about 50 fire incidents by approximately 11.15 pm on Sunday, according to the report. At Kailasnagar in Thergaon, a mobile phone tower caught fire. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation fire brigade reached the location promptly and brought the blaze under control. The report did not identify injuries in connection with that incident.
The fire brigade response continued across both municipal areas through the festival night. The reported next step was the continued attendance of emergency teams at fire locations and the suppression of the affected fires.
