By way of PTI
SILIGURI: A minimum of 12 other people have been injured and round 50 homes gutted, after a fireplace broke out in a slum in West Bengal’s Siliguri town, officers mentioned on Sunday.
Of the injured, 3 individuals, together with a firefighter and a kid, are present process remedy in sanatorium, whilst the others have been discharged after administering first assist, they mentioned.
The blaze erupted round 8 pm on Saturday in Rana Bustee in ward quantity 18, and 8 hearth tenders have been pressed into provider to douse the flames, the officers mentioned.
The occupants of the homes had been shifted to brief shelters, and are being supplied with meals and garments, they mentioned.
Union Minister of State for Training Subhas Sarkar, who used to be within the town, visited the spot and took inventory of the location on Saturday night time, whilst a number of native political leaders additionally went to the fireplace website all the way through the day.
Commissioner of Police Akhilesh Chaturvedi mentioned the reason for the fireplace used to be but to be ascertained.
A number of cylinders had exploded within the homes, inflicting the blaze to unfold impulsively within the densely populated slum, which used to be house to just about 2,000 other people, the officers mentioned.
SILIGURI: A minimum of 12 other people have been injured and round 50 homes gutted, after a fireplace broke out in a slum in West Bengal’s Siliguri town, officers mentioned on Sunday.
Of the injured, 3 individuals, together with a firefighter and a kid, are present process remedy in sanatorium, whilst the others have been discharged after administering first assist, they mentioned.
The blaze erupted round 8 pm on Saturday in Rana Bustee in ward quantity 18, and 8 hearth tenders have been pressed into provider to douse the flames, the officers mentioned.
The occupants of the homes had been shifted to brief shelters, and are being supplied with meals and garments, they mentioned.
Union Minister of State for Training Subhas Sarkar, who used to be within the town, visited the spot and took inventory of the location on Saturday night time, whilst a number of native political leaders additionally went to the fireplace website all the way through the day.
Commissioner of Police Akhilesh Chaturvedi mentioned the reason for the fireplace used to be but to be ascertained.
A number of cylinders had exploded within the homes, inflicting the blaze to unfold impulsively within the densely populated slum, which used to be house to just about 2,000 other people, the officers mentioned.
