All fire stations across Pune have been on alert during the Diwali celebrations. According to preliminary reports till now, no casualties were reported in these fires. The Pune City Fire Brigade responded to more than 15 incidents of fire Monday that started due to firecrackers on the night of Laxmipujan during Diwali, between 7 pm and 12 midnight. In one of the incidents, reported on BT Kawade Road, seven bikes were gutted in the blaze, started by crackers.
In another, a four-year-old boy sustained serious burn injuries on the face while bursting firecrackers near his home in Narhe area of Pune on Monday night when Laxmipujan was celebrated as part of Diwali festivities. The injured boy has been identified as Shivansh Dalvi, a resident of Narhe Gaon. Shivansh was lighting a firework fountain when the cracker suddenly burst and injured him. The incident has been captured on video as a family was recording the festivities and the video was circulated on social media.
“Shivansh has sustained an injury on his forehead. He has received treatment and is doing fine now.” said his father Amol Dalvi who runs a restaurant in the area. The incident was not reported to the police or fire brigade.
All fire stations across Pune have been on alert during the Diwali celebrations. According to preliminary reports till now, no casualties were reported in these fires.
Of these, four incidents involved trees catching fire. These incidents were reported at Lane Number 47 of Janata Vasahat at 7.55 pm, in Vishrantwadi area at 8.48 pm, at Shweta Society on Sinhagad Road and in Vadgaon Sheri at 9.55 pm.
At 8.23 pm a fire started in the balcony of a house in Sai Siddhi Society at Ambegaon Pathar. At 8.30 pm, a fire was reported in the parking lot of a residential society on BT Kawade Road in which seven two wheelers were gutted. At 8.44 pm, a fire started on the terrace of a school after a cracker landed there. At 8.51 a fire was reported in a closed house near Chaitanya Chowk in Warje Malwadi.
At 9.40 pm a fire was reported in an old Wada — cluster of houses — in Guruwar Peth. Two more fires were reported at Ambanagri in Lohegaon at 9.46 pm and in the balcony of a house near Lakdi Ganpati at 10 pm.
A 3-BHK flat on the first floor of a 12-storey building off DP Road in Aundh was completely gutted in the fire that started around 10.30 pm. Seven fire tenders were deployed to the site. No casualties were reported in the incident as the occupants of the flat and adjoining ones were evacuated in time.