Among the deceased are 81-year-old former Deputy SP Avtar Krishna Raina, his daughter Barkha Raina (25), son Takash (3), 17-year-old Ganga Bhagat, 15-year-old Danish Bhagat and 6 others. Advik, a police officer, said.
A former deputy superintendent of police and his three-year-old grandson were among the six people who died of suffocation in a fire at a rented house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district early on Wednesday, an official said. Four other people who were injured in the incident are being treated at the hospital.
According to the police, after seeing the fire in the house around 2:30 in the morning, the locals rescued the occupants of the house. The house was filled with thick smoke, suffocating the sleeping occupants, they said. The victims were shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Kathua where six people, including two minors, were declared ‘brought dead’, officials said.
Among the deceased are 81-year-old former Deputy SP Avtar Krishna Raina, his daughter Barkha Raina (25), son Takash (3), 17-year-old Ganga Bhagat, 15-year-old Danish Bhagat and 6 others. Advik, a police officer, said.
The injured are 61-year-old Swarna, 40-year-old Neetu Devi, 15-year-old Arun Kumar and a 69-year-old woman of Avatar Krishna Raina. Hospital principal Dr Surinder Atri said, “Ten people were brought to the hospital. Six died and four were injured.” The initial investigation showed that the injured died of suffocation due to smoke, he said, adding that no injuries were caused by the fire.
“This is an unfortunate incident. Our assistant matron, who had just retired, was staying in a rented house. The incident happened between 2 am and 3 am. She called on the phone and I immediately informed the police and fire department.” Physician added.
Rocky Sharma, a student who was studying late at night, reached home with others after seeing the fire. “The drawing room was gutted by the fire, and the death was due to smoke entering other rooms,” he added. The police have registered a case and started investigation in this matter.
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