20190320 House fire leaves five injured
India Mar 20 2019 “Building” “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 1 to 9
House fire leaves five injured
Updated: 2019–03–21
VILLUPURAM: Five members of a family sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out at a house at Athandamarudhur village near Tirukovilur on Wednesday morning.
Police said an elderly woman from Athandamarudhur village died 15 days ago.
In order to perform a 15-day ritual, relatives of the woman came to the village and were staying at her tiled roof house.
A preliminary inquiry found a few children playing inside the house accidently kicked a lighted earthen lamp kept before the woman’s portrait. It fell on a can filled with kerosene resulting in an explosion.
Under the impact five people — N Velayudham, 40 , Rani, 45 , Sandhiya, 15 M Velayudham, 36 and Anbuselvi, 10 — sustained severe burns ranging from 30% to 85%.
The injured were rushed to Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital. The Tirukovilur police registered a case.
Web Source: The Times of India