There is yet no official confirmation on the exact number of deaths. However, according to a PTI report over 350 people have died.

Reuters quoted District Collector Subrao Patil as saying that the toll could be higher as many people were also charred to death in shops that were gutted in the fire.

According to Additional Director General of Police (Maharashtra) V N Deshmukh, the casualty figures would go up further. He said four state transport buses full of injured people were sent to various hospitals in the district.