Shivpuri
Three people died after being burnt alive in Lakshmipura village of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh. According to the information, to save themselves from the cold, they slept with a bonfire in the hut. The fire from the bonfire spread into the hut and all three people sleeping in it died. Among those killed are an elderly person and two children, whose names are Hazari Banjara (65), Sandhya Banjara (10) and Anushka Banjara (5). Both the girls were sleeping with their grandfather. During this time the hut caught fire. Pohri MLA Kailash Kushwaha has provided financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to the families of the deceased. Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
Such accidents increase in cold weather
In winter, the incidents of fire caused by bonfire or fireplace increase. People light fires to warm their hands and get warmth. In such circumstances, a little carelessness becomes fatal. The incidence of fire caused by bonfires and fireplaces increases in rural areas as well as in urban areas. There is also a risk of suffocation by sleeping with a lit cigarette.
be careful with this
After warming your hands by lighting a bonfire or a fireplace, extinguish the fire.
Never sleep with a lit cigarette, the carbon dioxide released from it can cause suffocation.
While lighting a bonfire, keep water with you, in case the fire suddenly spreads, it can be extinguished.
Do not put any inflammable substance, petrol, diesel or kerosene in it, it may cause fire.
In case of fire, immediately inform the fire brigade and police.
Yesterday fire in Dewas took the lives of four people of the same family.
Four people died in a fire that broke out in a house in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning. The fire started from the lower part of the two-storey building and reached the upper floor where the family was sleeping. The husband and wife and their son and daughter had died due to suffocation. It took about an hour for the fire brigade team to control the fire.
