Pune: 60 fires due to crackers this Diwali

As per information shared by Pune City occurrence brigade, betwixt October 28 and 31, six fires owed to crackers were reported. On November 1, the Laxmipujan day, 36 fires were reported. On November 2 and November 3, erstwhile Padwa and Bhau Beej were celebrated, 14 and 4 fires were reported respectively, bringing the full successful these 3 Diwali days to 54.

“Most of these fires were started connected balconies oregon rooftops of houses wherever unused items were stored. Other places were wherever determination were piles of dried leaves oregon grass. There were immoderate insignificant fires successful houses and shops. No casualties were reported successful immoderate of the 60 incidents, each of which were insignificant fires. We had undertaken extended consciousness and sensitisation campaigns done our 20 occurrence stations. Our teams had reached retired to radical for consciousness connected occurrence information norms,” said main occurrence serviceman Devendra Potphode.

“In galore cases, the fires had been doused earlier our teams could reach, and successful different places our firefighters brought the occurrence nether power swiftly. We volition proceed our consciousness campaigns,” said Potphode.