Pune: Firefighters in Pune responded to 94 fire incidents between 3 pm on Sunday, November 8, and 7 am on Monday, November 9, as Diwali and Laxmi Pujan celebrations lit up the city, according to fire department figures reported by IANS. Fire brigade personnel brought all the reported fires under control, and no major casualties were reported.

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Pune Mirror, citing fire officials, put the same 16-hour tally at 94 calls and confirmed that none of the incidents resulted in injury or loss of life. The emergencies were spread across the city, including Shivajinagar, Vadgaon Budruk, Tingre Nagar, Kondhwa Budruk, Aundh, Dhanori, Dhayari, Pashan and Karve Nagar, with crews also attending fires in Kharadi, Kothrud, Hadapsar, Viman Nagar, Yerawada, Wanowrie and along Sinhagad Road.

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Balconies, shops, vehicles and waste — fires of every kind

The reported fires involved homes, balconies and terraces, as well as shops, warehouses and vehicles, and blazes in trees, dry vegetation, roadside waste and garbage dumps. Firefighters responded to vehicle fires on Sinhagad Road and in Dhayari, an electrical distribution panel fire in Aundh and burning cables in Kalyani Nagar, with incidents also reported near DSK Vishwa in Dhayari, at Someshwarwadi in Pashan and near the Balewadi Metro Station.

Fire officials said a large share of the emergencies were suspected to have been caused by firecrackers used during the celebrations, though IANS noted that the causes of individual fires had not been officially established and that separate blazes reported in parts of the region remained under enquiry.

The 94 calls mark a sharp jump in the fire department's Diwali tally for Pune, which stood at 21 in 2021, 19 in 2022, 35 in 2023, 60 in 2024 and 43 in 2025, according to the figures reported by IANS — making this year's count the highest in the six-year series, and more than double last year's.