Overview
- Delhi Fire Services handled about 282 emergency calls between 6 pm Monday and 6 am Tuesday, including a major godown blaze at Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar with no reported casualties and cause under inquiry.
- Delhi hospitals recorded 325 burn injuries on Diwali and its eve, about 270 linked to firecrackers, with Safdarjung reporting 129 cases and several patients requiring admission for major burns.
- Bengaluru eye hospitals treated over 75 people in a day and more than 100 over two days, with at least six at risk of partial vision loss and multiple surgeries performed, many involving children.
- Chandigarh facilities logged more than 300 cracker-related cases, including 26 eye injuries at PGIMER where 10 surgeries were done and several patients faced severe vision loss, with many victims identified as bystanders.
- Multiple cities reported significant property damage with 22 fires in Indore including factory blazes requiring over 200,000 litres of water, a Neemuch garment shop loss estimated at Rs 40–45 lakh, Bhopal registering 20 incidents during a high-alert deployment, and Telangana fire services fielding 44 calls statewide.