After the 2025 Diwali celebrations, several videos related to firecracker accidents have surfaced on social media. Among them, a video showing a massive fire at a shop named Paras Fireworks has gone viral. The clip captures a chaotic scene as fireworks explode inside the store, engulfing it and nearby shops in flames. It is being shared with the claim that a firecracker shop in Jaipur recently caught fire, causing significant damage. A screenshot of the same video is also being circulated with the claim that the incident took place in Bokaro city, Jharkhand. Let’s find the truth behind this video.
Claim: The visuals show a recent fire at a firecracker shop in Jaipur/Bokaro in October 2025.
Fact: The video is neither from Jaipur nor Bokaro. It is from Hyderabad and shows a fire that broke out at a fireworks shop in the Abids area on 27 October 2024, during the previous Diwali season. News reports confirm that the blaze originated from an illegally operated firecracker shop, and no major injuries were reported. Hence, the claim is FALSE.
To verify the claim, we conducted a reverse image search on Google, which led us to the same video uploaded by The New Indian Express. The report stated, “Massive fire burns down illegal cracker shop in Hyderabad.” According to the outlet, an illegally established firecracker shop in Hyderabad caught fire on 27 October 2024, injuring a woman in the blaze.
Further research led us to multiple news reports (here, here, here and here) featuring the same viral video and its screenshots. These reports confirm that a massive fire broke out at a fireworks shop in Bogulkunta, Abids area of Hyderabad on 27 October 2024, during the Diwali season. The blaze, reportedly caused by an illegally operated firecracker shop, spread rapidly to nearby vehicles and a restaurant, reducing the shop to ashes. No major casualties were reported apart from a few minor injuries, and firefighters brought the blaze under control soon after.
Additionally, a keyword search on Google about any such incident in Jaipur led us to a report dated 21 October 2025, which mentioned a fire at a furniture and fibre shop in a residential area, not a firecracker shop. The viral video is unrelated to that event. Previously, the same video had gone viral with the false claim that 35 people lost their lives in the incident, which Factly had already debunked at that time.
To sum up, a 2024 video of a fire at a fireworks shop in Hyderabad is being falsely shared as that of a recent incident from different cities in India during Diwali.
