Six of family killed in fire at home above grocery store in Maharashtra

MUMBAI Six members of a family — two teenage girls, their parents, and their grandparents — were killed after a fire broke out at their house above a grocery store in Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district in the early hours of Monday (November 9, 2026). A boy, who was brought downstairs to safety by the parents before they went back in an effort to rescue the others, was the sole survivor. The fire broke out around 2.30 a.m.

in Yedshi village at the residence of Govind Uttam Karande (47), whose family lived on the upper floor of a building housing their grocery store, said Prakash Vhatkar, an official from the Dharashiv Revenue Office. The deceased have been identified as Uttam Trimbak Karande (75), his wife Chandrakala Uttam Karande (70), their son Govind Uttam Karande (47), his wife Jyoti Govind Karande (42), and the couple’s daughters Gayatri (16) and Siddhi (15). Senior Police Inspector Vasudev More of Dharashiv Rural police station said a driver working for a travel company noticed the fire on the upper floor and alerted the family.

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