Maharashtra Fire Tragedy: Six of Family Killed as House-Cum-Grocery Store Catches Fire in Dharashiv

November 9, 2026

Dharashiv: Six people including two children and two elderly members of a family died in a huge fire at their house cum grocery shop in Yedshi village in Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in early Sunday morning. However, one person was saved.

The fire broke out around 2.30 am when the family members were sleeping on the upper floor.

#WATCH | Dharashiv, Maharashtra: Six members of the same family were reportedly killed after a massive fire broke out at a house-cum-grocery store in Yedshi village during the early hours of today.

The incident occurred around 2.30 AM when the family was asleep on the upper floor of the building.

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Dharashiv Superintendent of Police Ritu Khokar confirmed that six people died in the incident. She said that the fire quickly spread due to availability of plastic articles and oil cans in the grocery shop.

“Six people died due to a fire in a grocery shop and the house above it around 2.30 am last night in Yedsi village within the limits of Dharashiv rural police station, which is a very unfortunate incident. Because there were a lot of plastic items and oil cans in the grocery store, the fire suddenly increased a lot,” Khokar added.

She said that four people sleeping on the upper floor died due to suffocation while two others died in the fire as they were trying to save themselves.

“Out of the people of the house who were sleeping upstairs, four people died due to suffocation, and two people who were trying to rescue themselves below died due to the fire. There is only one young man in the family who is stable.”

As per available information, the deceased were from Govind Karande’s family. They included two young children and two elderly people.

Fire engines from Tuljapur and Kalamb rushed to the site after receiving the news of the fire. Locals, police and fire brigade helped in bringing down the blaze.

Fire Breaks Out In Thane Residential Building

Meanwhile, a huge fire broke out on the eighth, ninth and tenth floor of Raheja Garden residential building in Thane late night on Sunday.

Multiple fire engines and rescue teams rushed to the site after receiving alerts.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also visited the spot.

Fire On 17th Floor Of Mumbai High Rise

Meanwhile, fire broke out on the 17 th floor of a 32-story high rise building in Lokhandwala area of Andheri West in Mumbai on Sunday.

Fire engines were rushed to the spot immediately after receiving the news.

Firefighters were able to control the fire. The fire was completely controlled and cooling operations began.