During Diwali celebrations, Mohali’s fire control room received reports of fire at 17 different locations with 56 people across the district suffering burn injuries in separate incidents, with its AQI falling into ‘unhealthy’ category, Tuesday.

A major fire broke out near Shri Laxmi Narayan Temple in Phase 11, where a parked Ertiga taxi suddenly caught fire, allegedly due to a falling spark from a firecracker. The fire department received the alert at 12.20 AM, and a team from Sector 65 reached the spot within four minutes. By then, the car’s front portion was completely burned. But the team of firefighters managed to douse the fire within seven minutes, preventing it from spreading to nearby vehicles.

The car’s owner has not yet been identified, and police are investigating the case.

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