FOUR STOREY HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE

FOUR STOREY HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE

14-OCT-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------A four-storey house caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday due to leakage of gas cylinder in Dafali locality of Ward No. 13 of Bihiya Nagar Panchayat located in Bihiya police station area of ​​Bhojpur district. The fire broke out in the kitchen located on the third floor of the house and within no time it engulfed the entire floor. In this incident, property worth lakhs of rupees including cash, jewellery, clothes, furniture and household appliances was burnt and destroyed. However, all the family members survived safely.

Here, the victim Sultan alias Golden Hashmi told that like every day on Wednesday morning, his sister-in-law Sahni Khatoon got up to make tea. As soon as she reached the kitchen located on the third floor and lit the gas stove, gas suddenly started leaking from the cylinder. After this a fire broke out in the kitchen. Seeing the flames, Sahni Khatoon got scared and came out and informed the other sleeping family members about the incident. By then the fire had taken a huge form.

There was chaos in the locality after the fire. Local people immediately informed the fire department. As soon as the information was received, two fire tenders from Bihiya and Shahpur reached the spot. Fire brigade personnel started the operation to extinguish the fire with the help of local people. Local people also helped in controlling the fire with the help of motor pump.

The fire could be controlled after about two hours of hard work by the fire brigade personnel and the local residents. In the fire, Rs 14,000 in cash, jewellery, trolley bags, clothes, cupboards, boxes, coolers, washing machines and other household items kept in the house of victim Mohammad Mehnaz Hashmi were destroyed. The family has suffered huge financial loss due to the fire.

Information about the incident was also given to Jagdishpur sub-divisional fire officer. Fire fighters Ravi Raj, Saurabh Kumar, Ramesh Kumar, Chandni Kumari and Sikandar Kumar showed promptness in the operation to extinguish the fire. The fire was brought under control with the combined efforts of fire brigade personnel and local people.