As many as 35 huts were destroyed due to a fire in Veerabhadaranagar, Byatarayanapura in the early hours of Wednesday. However, no cases of casualties or injuries were reported in the accident. The huts caught fire at 2.30 am on Wednesday and as the roof thatches burnt rapidly the labourers residing in them rushed out. Most of the residents were daily wagers who had migrated from North Karnataka for menial jobs, said the police. As the word spread about the mishap, three fire tenders rushed to the spot and put out the fire. Police said as all the residents rushed out when the huts caught fire, there were none injured in the fire accident.The labourers alleged that a couple of days back, some anti social elements had threatened them for putting up huts in the government land area and suspected that the same people were behind the fire accident. A complaint has been lodged at the Byatarayanapura Police Station.
02 April 2009
Fire mishap; houses gutted in the City
Fire accident at Veerabhadranagar, Byatarayanapura
As many as 35 huts were destroyed due to a fire in Veerabhadaranagar, Byatarayanapura in the early hours of Wednesday. However, no cases of casualties or injuries were reported in the accident. The huts caught fire at 2.30 am on Wednesday and as the roof thatches burnt rapidly the labourers residing in them rushed out. Most of the residents were daily wagers who had migrated from North Karnataka for menial jobs, said the police. As the word spread about the mishap, three fire tenders rushed to the spot and put out the fire. Police said as all the residents rushed out when the huts caught fire, there were none injured in the fire accident.The labourers alleged that a couple of days back, some anti social elements had threatened them for putting up huts in the government land area and suspected that the same people were behind the fire accident. A complaint has been lodged at the Byatarayanapura Police Station.
As many as 35 huts were destroyed due to a fire in Veerabhadaranagar, Byatarayanapura in the early hours of Wednesday. However, no cases of casualties or injuries were reported in the accident. The huts caught fire at 2.30 am on Wednesday and as the roof thatches burnt rapidly the labourers residing in them rushed out. Most of the residents were daily wagers who had migrated from North Karnataka for menial jobs, said the police. As the word spread about the mishap, three fire tenders rushed to the spot and put out the fire. Police said as all the residents rushed out when the huts caught fire, there were none injured in the fire accident.The labourers alleged that a couple of days back, some anti social elements had threatened them for putting up huts in the government land area and suspected that the same people were behind the fire accident. A complaint has been lodged at the Byatarayanapura Police Station.
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