Pune recorded 94 fire incidents between 3 pm on Lakshmi Puja and 7 am the following morning, more than double the 43 incidents reported during the same period last year, according to a report by Civic Mirror – Pune. The report attributed the increase largely to fires linked to firecrackers, while stating that no lives were lost.
The incidents were reported across several parts of the city, including Hadapsar, Kothrud, Satara Road and Range Hills. Fires affected homes, shops, godowns, building terraces, galleries, trees, waste piles, open grassland and other structures. The Pune Fire Brigade brought the reported fires under control, and the report said there were no fatalities.
The 94-incident figure covers the period from 3 pm on Lakshmi Puja until 7 am the next morning. Separately, the report listed 24 fire calls received by the fire brigade between 3 pm and 9 pm on Lakshmi Puja. It described these incidents as involving no reported injuries or loss of life.
The detailed log included a fire involving material in the basement of an abandoned building at Kad Nagar Chowk in Kondhwa at 3.14 pm, followed by a grass fire in an open field at DSK Vishwa in Dhayari at 4.31 pm. A tree fire was reported on Shirole Road in Shivajinagar at 5.40 pm, while fires involving waste were reported in Kashewadi and near the Yerawada regional office.
Other calls recorded in the report included a fire in a gallery at Nagnath Par in Sadashiv Peth, a tree fire in Vadgaon Budruk, a fire on the roof of a house in Gokul Nagar in Katraj and a waste fire near City Pride on Satara Road. A godown fire was reported in Fursungi, while fires were also recorded in a gallery near Krishna Hospital in Kothrud and inside a house in Nana Peth.
The log further identified fires involving a tarpaulin on a roof in Bhawani Peth, a terrace at the Bidi-Kamgar settlement in Kharadi, a tree near Krishna Sagar Hotel on the Katraj-Kondhwa Road and a tree on Lane 7B in Tingre Nagar. House fires were reported in Shinde Ali in Shukrawar Peth, near the Mithganj police chowki in Ganj Peth and near RMD College in Warje.
Two incidents in the Kharadi area involved buildings: one concerned a flat beyond the Mundhwa bridge and another a flat in a building behind an HP petrol pump. A shop fire was also reported at Sonawane Industries near City Pride on Satara Road, while a grass fire occurred at Someshwarwadi in Pashan.
The incident pattern included both structural fires and smaller outdoor fires involving vegetation and waste. The spread across residential areas, commercial premises, open spaces and roadside locations placed demands on the city’s fire-response network during a concentrated festival period. Civic Mirror – Pune reported that the fire brigade responded to the incidents and that all fires were controlled without loss of life.
