Overview
- Police said a morning blaze in Vita town, Sangli, began in a ground-floor shop selling utensils and electrical items and spread to the residential floors above, killing four members of the Joshi family.
- Preliminary findings indicate an electrical short circuit, with a single entry/exit and dense smoke hampering escape and rescue efforts.
- Two other family members were rescued, with one report noting injuries, as fire teams navigated narrow lanes to bring the flames under control.
- In Mumbai, a Level II fire at the Thomas Cook office in Chembur was contained to a second-floor area of about 2,000 square feet and extinguished before dawn with no injuries reported.
- Separate incidents included a Level I blaze at a Honda showroom in Andheri, smoke from a Shivshahi bus near Matunga with all passengers evacuated safely, and a south Mumbai cloth shop fire confined to stock, all under investigation for cause.