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4 of family killed as fire breaks out at electric hardware shop in Pune

The incident took place at 5.25 am in the shop located in Pooja Heights building at Purna Nagar in Chikhli area of Pimpri Chinchwad, officials said.

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Four members of a family, including two minors, were killed after a fire broke out at an electric hardware shop in Pimpri Chinchwad town of Maharashtra’s Pune district on Wednesday morning, fire officials said.

The incident took place at 5.25 am in the shop located in Pooja Heights building at Purna Nagar in Chikhli area of Pimpri Chinchwad, they said.

“So far, bodies of four people, who were sleeping on the mezzanine of the hardware shop located on the building’s ground floor, have been recovered,” a fire official from the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation said.

The blaze has been extinguished and cooling process is on, he said.

Officials said a short-circuit may have caused the fire. However, an investigation is on, they added The deceased have been identified as Chimnaram Chowdhary (48), Namrata Chimnaram Chowdhary (40), Bhavesh Chowdhary (15) and Sachin Choudhary (13), the officials said.

Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/at-least-four-dead-in-fire-at-electronics-store-in-maharashtras-pune-2665850

Mumbai News: 3 Dead, 5 Injured After Fire Breaks Out In Santacruz’s Galaxy Hotel; Visuals Surface

The blaze was reported on the third floor of the hotel at around 1.17 pm after which four fire tenders rushed to the spot.

Mumbai: Three people died while five people were injured in a fire that broke out in the Galaxy Hotel in the Santacruz area of ​​Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. Police and local authorities have rushed to the spot.

The blaze was reported on the third floor of the ground-plus four-storey hotel at around 1.17 pm after which four fire tenders and as many water tankers were rushed to the spot.

According to the fire brigade, the blaze was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, split AC unit, curtain, mattresses, wooden furniture of room number 103 and 203.

The fire was also confined to electric wiring in common electric duct, laundry cloths, and blankets from the staircase lobby from the first floor to third floor of the hotel.

The Fire was extinguished using three small hose lines, one high pressure first aid line. The fire was categorized as Level 1 and was doused at 3.20 pm.

Two persons identified as Rupal Kanji (25), Kishan (28) and Kantilal Gordhan Vara (48) were declared brought dead by VN Desai hospital authorities. Alfa Vakhariya (19) and Manjula Vakhariya (49) are injured and are under treatment,” he said.

The Fire was extinguished using three small hose lines, one high pressure first aid line. The fire was categorized as Level 1 and was doused at 3.20 pm.

Two persons identified as Rupal Kanji (25), Kishan (28) and Kantilal Gordhan Vara (48) were declared brought dead by VN Desai hospital authorities. Alfa Vakhariya (19) and Manjula Vakhariya (49) are injured and are under treatment,” he said.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-news-3-dead-5-injured-after-fire-breaks-out-in-santacruzs-galaxy-hotel

 

9 dead in train fire near Madurai station, passengers sneaked in gas cylinders

A fire broke out in a tourist coach of a train that was en route from Lucknow to Rameshwaram near Madurai railway station, leaving nine people dead and 20 others injured.

Four dead in train fire accident near Madurai railway station.

At least nine people died and 20 others sustained injuries after a major fire erupted on a train at Tamil Nadu’s Madurai railway station on Saturday. The Railways has announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the families of deceased. The blaze was reported at nearly 5:15 am inside a private party coach, while the train was parked at the Madurai yard.

The adjacent coaches of the train did not suffer any damage as the fire tenders were immediately called in and the flames were doused by nearly 7 am.

According to the details, as many as 65 passengers from Lucknow were onboard the coach, which was engulfed in flames.

While the coach was parked at the yard, some passengers reportedly used illegally smuggled cooking gas cylinders to prepare tea and snacks, thus, giving way to the fire.

Commenting on the incident, Madurai District Collector MS Sangeetha said, “Around 5.30 am today, there was a fire in a coach halted here at Madurai railway station. There were pilgrims travelling from Uttar Pradesh in it. When they lit the gas stove to make coffee, the gas cylinder blasted. As of now, we have retrieved nine bodies.”

The private party coach had begun its journey from Lucknow on August 17 and was scheduled to reach Chennai by Sunday.

Helpline numbers (9360552608, 8015681915) were provided to share information related to the fire incident and causalities.

Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/4-dead-in-train-fire-near-madurai-station-passengers-sneaked-in-gas-cylinders-2426843-2023-08-26

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