Bhadrak: At least 10 houses were gutted in a major fire mishap at Balajitpada village under Kalei panchayat of Bhadrak district late on Thursday night. The entire property destroyed in the blaze belongs to four families who have now been rendered homeless after the mishap.
The cause of fire has not been ascertained yet. However, the blaze was brought under control by a team of fire fighters who rushed to the village soon after getting an emergency call.
“Everybody in the house went to sleep at around 11 pm. We do not know what triggered the fire, but our all valuables have been completely reduced to ashes,” said a victim.
Laxmidhar Swain, one of the victims said, “We had no information as we were sleeping inside the house. It was a group of neighbours who alerted about the fire.”
In another incident, two minor girls were charred to death while guarding a vegetable farm in Lakris village under Kashipur Talajagi gram panchayat in Rayagada district on Thursday.
Both the minor girls were inside a thatched hut on a farmland when it caught fire yesterday. The girls aged 10 and 12 years old were charred to death as they could not come out of the hut.
As per reports, the parents of the duo were away to fetch food when the incident occurred.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)