Fire claims three lives in AP
Itanagar,
Nov
12:
At
least
three
people
were
killed
and
around
27
houses
gutted
in
a
devastating
fire
at
Dalbing
Village
under
upper
Siang
district.
Deputy Commissioner Mimum Tayeng said here today that a medical team along with relief materials had been rushed to the spot.
Rs one lakh was sanctioned by the district administration for the rehabilitation work. The deceased were asleep when the fire broke out yesterday. While two of them lost lives in the fire, the third died of suffocation, he added.
The
cause
of
the
fire
and
extent
of
damage
were
yet
to
be
ascertained.
UNI
Story first published: Monday, November 12, 2007, 12:16 [IST]