20240624 Ghaziabad woman, 2 daughters die in gas leak fire
India Jun 24 2024 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Ghaziabad woman, 2 daughters die in gas leak fire
Updated: 2024-06-24
GHAZIABAD: A 36-year-old woman and her two teenage daughters died and four others of their family suffered grievous burns when a gas cylinder leak triggered a fire in a house in Tila Mod on Sunday morning.
DCP (trans-Hindon) Nimish Patil said that the fire is believed to have started at 11.40am and a distress call was made around noon. But by the time fire tenders reached the house, local residents had doused the flames.
“Yes, the flames were brought under control by the locals there. A team of firefighters and police started a rescue operation and brought out the occupants, all of whom were critically injured. They were taken to GTB Hospital for treatment, where the woman and her two daughters succumbed to injuries. The others are undergoing treatment,” he added.
The three who died were Bhagmati (35) and her daughters Himani (18) and Priyanka (16). Mukesh Kumar, Bhagmati’s husband; his brother-in-law Nathuram (55); his son Ankit (17); and Sonu (35), Nathuram’s son-in-law, suffered grievous burns.
Nathuram, who owns the house, runs a potato business in the Sahibabad mandi. Mukesh and his family had been living with him for the past three years.
Chief fire officer (CFO) Rahul Pal said since the house was undergoing renovation, all seven occupants had stored their belongings in one room.
“Preliminary investigation suggests gas started leaking from the pipe after Bhagmati prepared lunch earlier in the day. When everyone gathered to eat, she went to the kitchen to heat the food. No sooner did she turn the burner on, the entire room burst into flames,” he added.
According to Pal, a huge ball of fire is suspected to have formed in the house because the leaking gas had spread to every room of the house by then.
“The cloud of fire would have burst like a balloon, causing grievous injuries to the family members and burning everything in its way,” he said.
In the first five months of this year, the city reported a total of 737 fire incidents and two deaths from them. A majority of these incidents – 518 – were reported in the peak of summer through April and May.
On June 12, five members of a family, including a seven-month-old boy, died after a fire broke out in a three-storey building in Loni’s Behta Hajipur colony.
The family members were trapped when the fire, which occurred because of a short circuit in the electricity wire, broke out on the ground floor and the terrace door was locked.