Overview
- Four people, including a six-year-old girl, died and about ten were injured when a fire that began on the 10th floor spread to the 11th and 12th floors of Raheja Residency in Vashi before crews brought it under control.
- In Kamothe, a mother and her 17-year-old daughter were found dead after a blaze suspected to have started from a short circuit led to a cylinder blast, with a senior fire official noting ventilation and fire-norm gaps in the building.
- A 15-year-old boy died and three others were injured in a Cuffe Parade chawl fire confined to wiring, installations and three EV batteries, with an ADR registered and a possible battery left charging under probe.
- Fire services reported heavy call volumes over Diwali, with Mumbai officials citing around 32 fire calls and Delhi Fire Services logging 269 calls, including the rescue of seven people from a Mohan Garden residential blaze.
- Other festival-linked incidents included a reported Diwali rocket igniting shops in Borivali, two cars gutted near a Ghatkopar hospital due to firecrackers, and a balcony fire in a Thane high-rise traced to fireworks.