Tag: Fire

Cuttack: Panic spread among patients and attendants after a short circuit in the casualty ward of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in the wee hours of today. As per reports, the fire was caused due to short circuit after a lightning strike. While the Air Conditioning system was damaged, a leakage in the […]

Keonjhar: Fire broke out in the luggage van of Keonjhar-Bhubaneswar Fast Passenger train near Chilikidara station here this morning. Efforts are on to douse the flames. No casualties, injuries or damage to belongings of any passenger or other railway personnel aboard the train has been reported yet, informed officials of the East Coast Railway. The […]

Balasore: A house was reduced to ashes in fire following a LPG cylinder blast in Bhatapada village under Khaira block of Balasore district today. After getting information, a fire brigade unit from Khaira rushed to the spot and douse the flames. According to reports, the wife of one Anand Shial of Bhatapada village was preparing […]

Jharsuguda: Two contract workers engaged at the Lajkura open cast mine operated by the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) near Brajrajnagar were hospitalised after a fire mishap today. The injured have been identified as Sushant Mahananda (38) and Shankar Tanti (30) of Lajkura village. Sources said the two workers accidentally came in contact with fire at […]

Bolangir: Property worth crores of rupees were gutted after a massive fire broke out at a cotton factory at Kapani village under Belpana in Bolangir district on Monday. Four fire tenders from Belpada and Patnagarh were pressed into service to douse the flames. “Soon after getting the information, we rushed to the spot with two […]

Kendrapara: Panic gripped attendants after fire broke out in the pediatric ward of Kendrapara District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Saturday. However no causalities were reported in the mishap. Although the exact reason is yet to be ascertained, it is being suspected that an electric short circuit might have triggered the fire. According to reports, smoke […]

Malkangiri: In a heart wrenching incident, charred remains of three sisters were recovered from their burning house in Malkangiri district today. Locals informed the police after they spotted flames coming out of the house. Fire tenders that rushed to the spot to douse the flames informed that door of the house was locked from inside […]

Berhampur: Around 40 families at Harijansahi in Barpali of Ganjam district were rendered homeless after a major fire broke out in the area on Friday night. Though no casualty has been reported, over 50 rooms have been completely reduced to ashes in mishap. As people were sleeping when the incident occurred, they could not save […]

Angul: A woman was shot dead by a youth while trying to save her husband at Kantapada Raida village under Thakurgarh police station in the district on Wednesday night. The deceased identified as Ratani Pradhan died on the spot while her husband Anam sustained bullet injuries on his right leg. He was rushed to district […]

Puri: Around 30 acres of Casuarina plantations were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out in Balukhand sanctuary on Puri-Konark marine drive near Beladala village of Puri district today. Though fire tenders and forest officials made attempts to control the blaze, it all went in vain as the fire tending vehicles could not […]

Keonjhar: A woman and her one-month-old daughter were charred to death after coming in contact with a kerosene lamp in their house at Sanamasinabila village under Ghatagaon police limits in Keonjhar district. The incident took place when the woman identified as Kuntilata Naik was refilling the lamp on Sunday night. “Kuntilata and her baby came […]

Two members of a family including a 12-year-old minor girl were killed after they sustained critical burn injuries in a fire incident that occurred under mysterious circumstances at Pipili in the wee hours on Sunday. The deceased identified as Md Abul (65) and his 12-year-old daughter Najo died while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical.

Sundergarh: Five Tata Magic vehicles were reduced to ashes after a massive fire broke out in a garage at Rani Bagicha in Sundergarh town today. Two fire tenders were pressed into action to control the blaze. After an operation which lasted for hours, the fire fighters were able to bring the flames under control and […]

Cuttack: The Fire Department on Thursday lodged an FIR at Badambadi police station here in connection with the fire mishap which occurred in the city-based garment showroom on Sunday. “A case has been registered under various sections of IPC and investigation has been started,” Badambadi police IIC Biranchi Narayan Pati said. Four employees of the […]

Berhampur: Cloth materials worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes as fire broke out in a sari shop at Hanuman Bazaar area here on Tuesday evening. No casualty was reported due to the blaze, fire officials said. At least seven fire tenders took around three hours to extinguish the flames, said assistant fire officer, […]