KATHMANDU: At least 22 people died in various fire incidents across India on Sunday night during the Diwali and Laxmi Puja celebrations. The fires, triggered by fireworks and other causes, also left several people injured and some missing.
According to the Indian online daily Bhaskar, the highest number of casualties occurred in Madhya Pradesh, where 12 people died in two separate house fires. In Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district, a fire in a residential building located above a grocery store resulted in the deaths of six members of a single family.
A separate fire incident in the Lokhandwala area of Mumbai claimed one life. In Pali, Rajasthan, a fire at a firecracker shop killed two people, while three others remain missing. The blaze destroyed three shops and several two-wheeled vehicles.
Additionally, in Delhi’s Narela area, a 10-year-old boy died after being struck by a rocket firework.
