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.
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A massive fire broke out at a garment store in Biramitrapur area of Odisha’s Sundargarh district late night on Sunday (Dec 26).
A major fire had broken out at a house in Khaiparasi village under Dhenkanal’s Parjang Police Station Limits in which a father-son duo had sustained critical injuries.
Haldia Refinery is undertaking shutdown and maintenance of various major units and the fire broke out at around 3 pm at the motor spirit quality (MSQ) unit.
A major fire mishap was reported at a Gutkha manufacturing unit in Sambalpur. Around 25 employees were injured in the incident.
The fire broke out within a medical clinic, which provides psychosomatic and psychiatric treatments, on the fourth floor of a building in Osaka's Kitashinchi district
In a tragic incident, a Plus-3 girl student was burnt to death at her house in Bhaludunguri village under Bonai Police limits of Sundargarh district on Monday night (Dec 13). The deceased Sapneshwari Munda was reportedly a meritorious student of a college at Lahunipada. As per reports, late on Monday night, the girl was heading into her room holding a kerosene lamp.
A huge fire broke out late last night at a market nearby Chandaneswar Temple in Odisha’s Balasore district.
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