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Center Owned by The Shillong Times6 killed in Maharashtra house fire on Diwali
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Deepavali celebrations were marred by multiple fatal incidents across India. In Mumbai, more than 40 people died and several were injured in fire‑related accidents, firecracker mishaps and road collisions, which authorities suggested may have been worsened by low visibility from air pollution. A separate incident left twelve persons dead and four injured. In Maharashtra, a midnight fire engulfed a family’s home and an attached grocery store, killing six family members and reducing the premises to ashes.
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Six of family killed as goldsmith’s house goes up in flames in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni
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A trail of blazes marred Diwali celebrations in Maharashtra, leaving six members of a family dead due to suffocation in Dharashiv district and sparking nearly 140 fire incidents across Mumbai on Sunday night alone, officials said on Monday. In the wake of the alarmingly high number of…
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The fire broke out at midnight and consumed the family's grocery store, along with their entire home, reducing everything to ashes in an instant.
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Mumbai bans aerial crackers after multiple blazes Dharashiv/Mumbai, Nov 9: A trail of blazes marred Diwali celebrations in Maharashtra, leaving six members of a family dead due to suffocation in Dharashiv district and sparking nearly 140 fire incidents across Mumbai on Sunday night alone, officials…
