Three seriously injured in a fire
Barrackpore, Apr 29 (UNI) Atleast three people, including a woman and a child, were seriously injuried in a fire which broke out in a slum at Titagarh in North 24 Parganas today.
The fire, which lasted for more than a hour, gutted down 12 huts, according to fire brigade officials.
Five fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.
The injured women(30) was admitted to a nearby sub-divisional hospital and the others, who sustained minor injuries, were provided first-aid locally.
The
cause
of
fire
was
yet
to
be
ascertained,
a
divisional
fire
official
Pankaj
Mullick
said,
however,
they
suspect
that
the
fire
might
have
broken
out
from
a
lighted
stove,
he
added.xc/pp/src1219
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Story first published: Sunday, April 29, 2007, 14:07 [IST]