At least 35 people, including children, sustained burn injuries in separate incidents while bursting firecrackers during Diwali on Sunday in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, and were admitted to the district hospital, news agency ANI reported on Monday.

Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat

The Times of India, reporting the same district-hospital figures, said at least 35 people, including children, suffered burn injuries in separate firecracker-related incidents during Diwali celebrations on Sunday, and that some patients were discharged after initial first aid was administered.

Source: The Times of India

35+people reported with burn injuries in Chhatarpur
35–40patients received at the district hospital, per Dr Rajesh Mishra

Dr Rajesh Mishra of Chhatarpur District Hospital told ANI: “During the Diwali festival, we have received a significant number of cases involving burns from gunpowder and firecrackers. The patients include individuals of various ages, from children to the elderly, and all are currently undergoing treatment. Some patients have been discharged after initial first aid was administered.”

Dr Mishra said the hospital had received approximately 35 to 40 such patients. He added that the incidents often stemmed from a lack of caution, either by the children themselves or by their parents, while bursting firecrackers.

The Chhatarpur cases were part of a wider Diwali injury toll across Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of the festival, on November 5, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had directed collectors and police superintendents to ensure law-and-order arrangements for peaceful celebrations and to strictly prevent the use of banned firecrackers, carbide guns and carbide lamps, ANI reported.

No deaths were reported in the Chhatarpur incidents in the reports available on Monday. Hospital officials had not released a patient-wise severity breakdown, and the district administration had not issued a separate statement on the cases at the time of reporting.