As many as 28 fire related incidents were reported from different parts of the Union Territory on Diwali, but there were no casualties, a Fire Department official said on Thursday.
"28 fire-related incidents were reported on Diwali. All incidents were minor in nature, barring the one in Dadumajra here where two shops--one selling firecrackers and another having decorative items, were gutted," the official said.
However, no big casualty was reported from anywhere, she said, adding a dog died in the fire incident at Dadumajra. A motorcycle and a scooter were burnt in another fire at Burail in Sector 45 here.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the PGIMER said that during three days from November 10 to 12, a total of 23 patients reported to the emergency of Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh with fire cracker injuries. Of these, 21 patients were males and 2 were females.
While, 13 were igniting the crackers and 10 were bystanders. 17 patients were of age more than 12 years and 6 patients were under 12 years of age. Half of them had severe eye injuries including internal damage to eye which would require further surgical interventions. Eyelid injuries were present in all the patients. Eight patients had serious open globe injury and undergone primary surgical repair on the night of Diwali. Most of the patients belonged to Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. There were few also from Uttar Pradesh, other parts of Haryana, and Punjab as well as Himachal Pradesh.