Tag: Fire Mishap

Bhadrak: Three jawans of the Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) sustained critical burns in a fire that was caused due to a mosquito repellent coil here on late Sunday. According to reports, the armed police personnel were sleeping post their duty at the Puruna Bazar Police Station in Bhadrak district when the mishap occurred. The […]

Bhandara: As many as ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of Bhandara District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra in the wee hours on Saturday, said doctors. The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said. District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said the fire […]

Bhadrak: More than 1500 sacks of paddy have been reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out at a godown of a paddy trader at Sashtrighat near Chandabali in the district on Saturday. Though the exact cause of the blaze has not yet been ascertained, electric short circuit is suspected to be the reason […]

Cuttack: Sun Hospital, a multi-speciality private health centre in Cuttack where a major fire broke out today was functioning without fire license or fire safety certificate, informed a senior official. “We have not granted any fire license to the hospital. The hospital authorities had been directed to adopt adequate fire safety measures. We also conduct […]

Cuttack: In the wake of a fire mishap in Sadguru hospital in Cuttack last September, Odisha fire services department had ordered an inspection of fire safety arrangements at all Covid facilities in the State while it was further decided to conduct emergency drill every fortnight. Two months later, the Union Home Secretary too shot letters […]

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, […]

Bhadrak: Four buses and an SUV gutted after a major fire broke out at a garage on National Highway-16 near Dahanigadia Chhak here in the district in the early hours of Wednesday. The bus staff, who were sleeping inside the buses, managed a narrow escape in the incident. Eyewitnesses said the fire broke at around […]

Cuttack: The district administration on Wednesday has directed to shut down the Sun Hospital at Tulsipur here temporarily in connection with the fire mishap that took place on February 1. Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani asked the concerned officials to shut the multi-specialty health care centre after hospital authorities failed to advance satisfactory explanations on a […]

Angul: In a tragic incident, 14 houses including seven sheds of four families were completely gutted in a devastating fire mishap at Kahlagaon under Bantala police limits in the district on Wednesday night. A cow and over 22 sheep were charred to death in the blaze that broke out in the village at around 10.30 […]

Rourkela: Machineries, electricity tools and other industrial instruments worth lakhs were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) late last night. According to reports,…

Dhenkanal: A major fire broke out at OPTCL (Odisha Power Transmission Corporation) power grid near Meramundali in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. The reason of fire has not immediately been ascertained. It is suspected that blast in feeder due to over heating might lead to the mishap. No human casualty or injury has been reported so […]

Cuttack: A major fire broke out in a farmhouse near a petrol pump under the Sadar police limits in Cuttack district on Thursday morning triggering panic and fear among locals and commuters on a busy road in the vicinity. As per reports, the fire broke out at Bamphakuda farmhouse which borders a densely populated locality […]

Dhenkanal: A major fire broke out at the grid substation of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (OPTCL) near Meramundali in the district on Sunday. The incident took place during noon after a high voltage cable went off suddenly. There was no report of any casualty in the incident. The reason behind the burst of cable […]

Cuttack: A fire broke out at the regional office of Odisha Gramya Bank located at Mahanadi Vihar under Chauliaganj police limits in Cuttack in the wee hours of Friday. Though the extent of the damage was yet to be estimated, properties, including computers, furniture, electrical fitting and important documents worth lakhs of rupees were gutted. […]

Keonjhar: A major fire broke out at an abandoned biodiesel production plant located at Raghuala Sahi under Champua police limits of Keonjhar district on Friday evening. Though no casualties have been reported yet, the flames have engulfed the nearby forest and farmland destroying rich medicinal plants and cultivation in huge tract of land, said locals. […]