{
  "id": 12205973,
  "title": "Maharashtra Hingoli Firecracker Warehouse Engulfed In Massive Blaze, Explosions Damage Homes & Fire Brigade Vehicle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/maharashtra-hingoli-firecracker-warehouse-engulfed-in-massive-blaze",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T17:27:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/maharashtra-hingoli-firecracker-warehouse-engulfed-in-massive-blaze-explosions-damage-homes-fire-brigade-vehicle"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hingoli district in Maharashtra witnessed a massive fire at a firecracker warehouse on Monday evening, according to an official. The blaze erupted at 8 pm in the densely populated Marwadi Galli residential area, causing panic among residents. The warehouse, owned by Gopal Bastwar, quickly caught fire, and an explosion from the firecrackers added to the intensity of the incident. The civic fire brigade van, dispatched to extinguish the flames, also suffered damage.\n\nThe conflagration caused significant damage to homes and parked vehicles along the narrow lane. While residents claimed that two individuals had died and several were gravely injured, authorities were yet to officially confirm the fatalities. The densely populated, older part of Hingoli town with its narrow lanes posed a challenge to firefighting operations, with the crowd of onlookers further complicating the situation for emergency responders. The power supply to the area was disconnected, and efforts to control the blaze were ongoing at the time of the report. The cause of the fire would be determined once the firefighting operations were completed.",
  "summary": "Hingoli, Oct 5: A massive fire broke out on Monday evening in a warehouse storing firecrackers in Maharashtra's Hingoli district, an official said. The incident took place at 8 pm in Marwadi Galli, a densely populated residential area, he added. The fire spread quickly in the warehouse owned by one Gopal Bastwar, with a civic fire brigade van deployed to douse it also getting gutted, the official…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}