Pune, Dec 16 (PTI) The death toll in the December 8 fire in a candle manufacturing unit in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune reached 12 on Saturday after a 40-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries, a civic official said.

The fire took place in the afternoon that day in a factory in Talawade that specialised in making sparkling candles, which are used in birthday celebrations.

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While six persons had died on the same day, 10 persons were seriously injured, some of whom succumbed in the following days.

"Forty-year-old Suman Godhade died on Saturday. Four persons, including the owner of the unit, are still hospitalised," he said.

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