Tag: Fire Mishap

Puri: Six houses were gutted while seven cattle charred to death in a major fire that broke out late last night at Danduasipara village in Brahmagiri in the district. Besides, properties worth lakhs have been damaged including three bikes and four bicycles. The exact cause of blaze is yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, the villagers […]

Angul: Two women were killed of asphyxiation after their house caught fire in Bantala Bazaar of the district in the wee hours today. The two deceased, identified as Bimala and Ujjwala were sisters. A kerosene lamp in the house is suspected to be the reason behind spread of the blaze in the house. All the […]

Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: Engineers of PHD Department have started a probe into the fire mishap at Odisha Bhawan, the state guest house in Navi Mumbai.  They toured the room from where the fire was reported and also interrogated staff of Odisha Bhawan. Room 203 on the second floor of the building had caught fire on August 3 […]

Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: Poor facilities at Odisha Bhawan, the state guest house in Navi Mumbai, have become a ’cause for serious concern’. The state guest house, which was built in 2011 with an aim to benefit cancer patients from the State, recently caught fire due to suspected short circuit. Soon after, the fire department of Navi Mumbai […]

Rourkela: The number of deaths in the gas cylinder fire mishap at Indirapali in Rourkela rose to four after one more victim succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) today. The deceased was identified as Suchitra Tripathy, wife of Suresh Tripathy whose house caught fire due to a leak in […]

Bhubaneswar: In a twist to the fire tragedy in Pal Heights hotel owner Satpal Singh’s house, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) today registered a case and asked Childline to probe the death of domestic help Tanu Das as she was a minor. The CWC sought to know whether the minor girl was working on wage […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after more than 12 hours of the fire mishap at Pal Heights Hotel owner’s house elapsed, forensic team, police and fire department are still unable to get a lead. On the fateful day, though Satpal’s elder son and his family were at the first floor and Satpal was sleeping in the ground floor, […]

Bhubaneswar: Four family members of Pal Heights hotel owner Satpal Singh and a domestic help died in a fire mishap at his house located in Budheswari Colony of Bhubaneswar in wee hours today. The deceased were identified as Satpal’s younger son Gagan Pal Singh (40), daughter-in-law Bhavana Singh (38), granddaughter Sohabi Singh (15) and grandson […]

Jharsuguda: In an unfortunate and deadly road accident, a car driver was charred to death in the moving vehicle near Pradhanpara football field on Katujor-Pipilimal road under Belpahar police limits. According to sources, the incident occurred at around 7:30PM and the locals spotted the burning car and informed the police. Soon, police and fire tenders […]

Dhenkanal: In a tragic incident, the four-room house of one Prafulla Chatar at Sundikateni Kanheinagar village under Parajanga tehsil in the district was gutted in fire that broke out today. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained. So far, no casualty has been reported due to the fire incident. More details […]

Bengaluru/Bhubaneswar:  In a shocking incident, 3 members of an Odia family staying in Bengaluru were charred to death after a fire broke out inside their house due to cooking gas (LPG) leakage. The deceased have been identified as Prasant Mahakud, his 10-year-old son, Aditya and 2-year-old daughter, Manisha. According to sources, Prasant’s wife had a […]

Cuttack: Two shops were gutted and property worth lakhs of rupees reduced to ashes when a fire broke out near the Ravenshaw University here late Wednesday night. Besides, two cars, a Maruti WagonR and a Maruti Swift, parked near the shops have been damaged in the fire. According to sources, a plastic products shop of […]

Dhenkanal/Bargarh: Over a hundred houses were gutted and property worth lakhs reduced to ashes in two separate fire mishaps in Dhenkanal and Bargarh districts on Tuesday. A major fire broke out this afternoon at Dhobaninanda village under Hindol block in Dhenkanal district in which property worth lakhs of rupees were damaged, while several cattle were […]

Dhenkanal/Bhadrak: One person died and nine others sustained serious burn injuries in three  separate fire mishaps in Dhenkanal and Bhadrak districts late Wednesday night. Of the 10 persons injured in the Gengutia Mohanty Sahi under Sadar police limits of Dhenkanal district, one died and the rest nine including a three year old are being treated […]

Bhubaneswar: A low magnitude fire mishap spread panic on the fourth floor of the treasury office here in the early hours today. The fire is suspected to have been caused due to a short circuit from air conditioner. Security officials noticed the blaze when smoke emanated from the multi storied building. Immediately, they switched off […]