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Dhanbad fire: 14 including ten women dead, 11 injured
DHANBAD [Maha Media]: At least fourteen people including ten women and three children lost their lives in a massive blaze that engulfed a high-rise tower in Joda Phatak of Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Tuesday Night, a senior official said.
Eleven others have sustained injuries in the fire, Dhanbad DC Sandip Singh confirmed. There are apprehensions that the death count may go up as the condition of some of the injured was critical. A police officer posted at the Bank Mode Police Station under whose jurisdiction the area falls told UNI that the fire started from the second floor and quickly spread to the third fourth and fifth floors of the building. It is suspected that the fire at Aashirwad Tower broke out following a cylinder blast.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed anguish at the loss of lives due to a fire in Dhanbad.
In his message, he said his thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. He hoped for the speedy recovery of those injured.
Prime Minister announced an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees from PMNRF to the next of kin of each deceased in the fire in Dhanbad. The injured would be given 50 thousand rupees.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed his grief over the incident. Taking to Twitter, Soren expressed his shock and sorrow over the tragedy and said the district administration was conducting rescue operations on a war footing. The wounded are being provided necessary treatment, the chief minister said, adding that he himself was monitoring the entire situation.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Mundaalso expressed his grief over the incident and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. The dead bodies have been brought to Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College Hospital for postmortem.
