Tag: Fire

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, […]

Rayagada: Property worth lakhs of rupees including articles meant for jawans has been gutted in a major fire mishap at CRPF godown in Rayagada. The incident occurred at around 1 am on Saturday while it took nearly an hour for local fire tenders to douse the flames. According to reports, fire broke out in BQ […]

Bhadrak:  At least 20 houses were gutted after a major fire broke out at Balipada village under Chandbali block of Bhadrak district today. Though no casualties have been reported in the incident so far, property worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in the mishap. Sources said, the fire broke out at around 1 pm. Besides […]

Bhawanipatna: A total of 50 bikes loaded on a truck were burnt to ashes near Bandopala on NH-26 in Kalahandi district last night. Driver of the truck, Shiv Shankar, said he had parked the vehicle near a petrol pump at around 2 am and was sleeping in his cabin. At around 4 am, he saw […]

Rayagada: A major fire broke out inside an automobile garage at Muniguda Road, Bisamkatak gutting many vehicles. According to sources, the fire broke out at Taj Auto Works in afternoon today. Sources, reported that the fire also damaged a police vehicle which was parked inside. Moreover, the tools inside the garage were severly damaged in […]

Paradip: A fire broke out at the oil refinery plant premises of the IOCL here today. However, no casualty has been reported in the incident. Sources said an oil pipe near Gate-I of the refinery caught fire. Though fire fighting teams doused the flames, heavy smoke was seen emanating from the plant premises. The IOCL […]