20200920 Fire guts building, locals save paralysed man in Kolkata
India Sep 20 2020 “Building” “Stores”
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Fire guts building, locals save paralysed man in Kolkata
Updated: 2020–09–21
KOLKATA: A 65-year-old partially paralysed patient, who was in a room, had a miraculous escape on Sunday when a gutted the first floor of his five-storey on Sovabazar Street in north Kolkata. The man, Gouranga Mukherjee, was saved by his neighbours, who broke open the door of his room. His wife Bela was away from home and on being alerted about the fire, she rushed back and raised an alarm. The building, where the fire took place, houses a popular restaurant of the area.
The distress call was made around 1.20 pm. Five fire tenders took nearly an hour to douse the flames. Prima facie, it seems that a leakage from the pipe of a cooking LPG gas cylinder might have caused the fire. We are investigating the case further,” said an officer from Jorabagan police station.
Bela said her husband became paralysed after he suffered a stroke about a year ago. “When I have to go out, I lock the main door. I did the same on Sunday. Like others, my husband was unaware of the fire. When the room was filled with smoke on the first floor, people started rushing out. They knew he was alone at home. So, they saved him with the help of cops and fire brigade,”she added. Hiralal Mukherjee, a neighbour, said, “We could not have just let someone die. The incident shows that humanity is still alive.”
Web Source: The times of India