At least six people were charred to death and more than five others were injured following a fire at a sparkling candle manufacturing unit near Talwade village in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad area.
Authorities said most of the deceased were women. Expressing the possibility that an explosion inside the unit could have triggered the blaze, they said the death toll could rise further.
An officer at the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) fire department candles were manufactured illegally inside the compound.
