A fire broke out in an electric bus at Karimnagar bus stand on Saturday morning. Flames erupted from the battery compartment, but the alert driver acted quickly. Firefighters reached the spot and brought the situation under control without casualties.
According to the fire officials, the fire started at a furniture-making workshop located at Shastripuram and spread into an adjacent compound housing a decoration material godown
As per available information, the dummy helicopter had been lying in mud and dust in the playground for a long time. It was abandoned at the spot after being last used by a film crew during shooting of movies.
A passenger from Madhya Pradesh allegedly threw a 'bidi' into a dustbin of the Daund-Pune DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) train after smoking, which led to the fire, the police official said
According to residents, the final rites of an elderly woman were being performed at a nearby graveyard from where the fire is suspected to have originated
The system enables the command centre to track the movement of all fire engines, much like the kite that soars above, but is controlled from the ground
The committee has to submit its report after the probe to the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. The committee should also suggest measures to be adopted to prevent such incidents in future.
Director of Public Health (DPH), Telangana State, Dr B Ravinder Nayak, on Monday said that there was no shortage of oxygen in ambulances that arrived for victims at the Gulzar Houz fire accident on Sunday
Fifty people who were trapped in a building that caught fire at Mailardevpally were rescued by the fire personnel on Sunday morning. Among those rescued are 16 children aged below 15 years
The fire broke out at the first floor of a three storied building located at Afzalgunj and soon spread to the upper two floors of the building. Two families were trapped in the building and came into the balcony as the fire was rapidly spreading.
As per available information, the incident occurred when one of the huts caught fire due to gas leakage. Alerted by this, residents in the huts adjacent to it rushed out of the houses to safety. The incident created a panic situation in the vicinity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the loss of lives in the fire incident, and announced ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased