Nadiad College Road Fire, Gujarat: A Restaurant, a Clothing Store and About 12 Food Stalls Burn on Gujarati New Year Afternoon; No Casualties Reported, Four Cylinder Blasts Reported by Two Outlets, Cause Not Established, Reports Differ on Fire Vehicles

What happened

On Tuesday 10 November 2026, the afternoon of Gujarati New Year, a fire broke out in the College Road area of Nadiad, in Kheda district, Gujarat. Reports from Gujarat First, Gujarat Samachar, TV9 Gujarati, GSTV and Bombay Samachar all describe a fire on College Road that burnt shops and stalls. Gujarat First, Gujarat Samachar and TV9 Gujarati say a restaurant, a clothing store and about 12 food stalls; Bombay Samachar says eight shops, and GSTV reports only the clothing showroom. No report says anyone was hurt. None of them gives the time the fire started; Gujarat First had its first report out by 3.40 pm.

The place is described in different ways. Gujarat First puts the restaurant opposite Sanket India. Gujarat Samachar’s Gujarati report says the fire was near the canal and Sanket India. GSTV places the clothing showroom near Amba Ashram, beside a banquet hall and a hotel. We have not been able to fix the exact spot, so the map pin is at area level.

What the reports say

• Burnt: A restaurant, a clothing store or showroom and about 12 food stalls (Gujarat First, Gujarat Samachar, TV9 Gujarati). Bombay Samachar says eight shops were damaged and also uses the word dozens; GSTV reports only the clothing showroom. No loss figure has been given.
• People: No casualties are reported in any of the reports we opened. Gujarat Samachar’s English report says the businesses were closed for the holidays, and Bombay Samachar says the food stall where the fire began was closed. Bombay Samachar’s wording is no major casualties.
• Response: Gujarat First and Gujarat Samachar’s Gujarati report say seven Nadiad fire vehicles. Gujarat Samachar’s English report says two fire tenders went first and four water bowsers were added. Bombay Samachar says four vehicles of the Nadiad fire department and quotes the District Fire Officer. Police secured the area and 108 ambulances stood by.
• Cylinders: TV9 Gujarati and Gujarat Samachar’s Gujarati report say four gas cylinders at the food stalls blasted one after another and the crowd ran in a stampede-like rush. Gujarat First, GSTV, Bombay Samachar and Gujarat Samachar’s English report do not mention cylinders.
• Time to control: Bombay Samachar says the fire was fully under control after about an hour. TV9 Gujarati, on its page updated at 5.47 pm, said it could take about three more hours. Gujarat Samachar’s English report says the main fire was out and crews were cooling the site. GSTV’s video thumbnail says the fire was brought under control while its text says the effort was continuing.
• Cause: Not established. GSTV says a short circuit or some other reason. Bombay Samachar says an investigation is on, including whether the shops had the required fire-safety arrangements, and that notices had been issued to the establishments earlier. Gujarat Samachar’s Gujarati report says the administration is investigating.

Where reports differ and what we do not know

• Fire vehicles: Four (Bombay Samachar), six (Gujarat Samachar English: two tenders and four bowsers) or seven (Gujarat First and Gujarat Samachar Gujarati). These may count different things, so we do not give one number.
• What burnt: About 12 stalls, a restaurant and a clothing store (Gujarat First, Gujarat Samachar and TV9 Gujarati), or eight shops (Bombay Samachar), or one clothing showroom (GSTV). Where the fire began is also given three ways: the restaurant (Gujarat First), a closed snack stall (Bombay Samachar) and the clothing showroom (GSTV).
• Cylinder blasts: Reported by two Gujarati outlets only. Three other reports on the same fire do not mention them, so the count is not confirmed.
• Start time: Not given in any report. All we can say is that it was before 3.40 pm, when Gujarat First published.
• Not known: How the fire started, the time it began, how much was lost, whether the stalls and shops had fire-safety clearance or had acted on the earlier notices, and whether any inquiry will be made public.

What this case teaches

A row of food stalls with gas cylinders, a restaurant and a clothing store with its stock is a fuel load that turns one spark into a street fire. Here some of the businesses were reported closed for the holidays, which may have kept people away from the spot where the fire began. No report says this is why nobody was hurt. On an open market day the same fire, with cylinders blasting in a crowded lane, would have been very different.

If you run a stall or shop, keep gas cylinders outside and away from cloth, plastic and cooking flames, check the hose and regulator, and keep an extinguisher you know how to use. If you see a fire near stalls, move well back and keep the road clear for the engines; do not try to carry a cylinder out. Our guides cover LPG cylinder safety, what to do in an LPG leak, how Fire NOC works and where it falls short and fire extinguisher basics, and the festival picture is in Diwali fire accidents in India.

Similar cases are the Ahmedabad Urban Chowk food market fire, the Noida Raipur village shop fire where cylinders burst, the Khekra market cylinder blast and the Jammu Shiv Market fire. Nadiad’s fire stations, emergency numbers and local risks are in our Nadiad safety guide. We checked again on 11 November 2026 and found no follow-up report with a cause or a loss figure.