Tag: Fire

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 […]

Rourkela: A major fire broke out in the State Bank of India (SBI), Rourkela main branch here early this morning. However, no casualty has been reported in the incident. On receiving information, five fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and doused the flames. Though the exact amount of damage is yet to be ascertained, […]

Rourkela: In a tragic incident on the eve of Diwali, one person was killed and 45 cracker shops were gutted when a fire broke out at a market in Rourkela late last night. The cracker shops located near Power House Road caught fire at around 2.35 am and were burnt into ashes within few minutes. Apart from […]

Bolangir: A fire broke out at the Bolangir District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) this morning destroying few property at  the district programme management unit of the National Health Rural Mission (NHRM). The unit was located on the hospital premises. Getting information, fire personnel reached the spot and doused the flames. Though the exact reason behind the […]

Bhubaneswar: Two shops at a market complex located near Rabi Talkies here turned into ashes after a fire broke out today. The shops including a computer repairing outlet in the upper storey were completely damaged. Though the exact reason behind the fire will be known after a probe, short circuit is suspected to be the […]

Cuttack: A major fire broke out at the Sky Automobile, a Maruti car showroom near Bhanapur on Cuttack-Bhubaneswar road in the morning on Tuesday. The blaze was reported at around 6 am today. Though the exact reason of the fire has not been ascertained, short circuit is suspected to be the cause of mishap. Five […]