Tag: Fire Mishap

The traders raked up such loopholes before the newly-elected Mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sulochana Das’ spot visit last night.

A fire broke out at the Keshari Mall near the Market Building area in Bhubaneswar on Friday night.

The fire spread quickly as the hostel roofs were made from highly inflammable thatch.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner C. V. Anand said the workers were asleep in rooms on the first while scrap material including plastic, newspapers and other scrap items were stored on the ground floor. Someone alerted the police after a gas cylinder exploded due to the fire.

The deceased couple’s severely injured younger son Srikant Behera and his wife Swapna Behera are still battling for life at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. 

The couple's two sons and a daughter-in-law have been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack after their condition deteriorated. 

As per reports, the mishap took place when they were inside the house. A fire broke out and engulfed the house leaving them critically injured.

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Luckily, the sarpanch and his family members evaded the attack as they had gone to attend a relative's function last night.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sourabh Tripathi had said that primary information indicated that the fire started on the 15th floor and spread upward to the 19th floor, which was affected the most.

The MFB managed to rescue at least 23 injured persons from the inferno that raged in the top three floors, and the firemen continued to battle the blaze in the afternoon.

On being alerted, 13 fire engines and seven water jetties were rushed to the building to douse the fire, which was tagged as level-3 (major). At present, the firefighters covered the blaze from all sides, he said.

Doctors at the Bhatia Hospital said that of the 15 injured persons who were brought there, 12 have been admitted to the general ward. The condition of three others is critical and they are being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU), he added.

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Victims were found in stairways on every floor of the building, many in cardiac arrest.