12 dead after fire breaks out at cracker shop in Bengaluru
The Hindu
12 people die in firecracker shop fire in Bengaluru. Search operations underway to ascertain if more bodies present. CM Siddaramaiah to visit site, expresses condolences to deceased workers' families.
Twelve people were charred to death after a major fire broke out at a firecracker godown-cum-shop in Attibele in Anekal taluk here on Saturday, police said.
Four persons, including the shop owner, sustained burns and were given treatment. However, one of them who received serious wounds has been referred to another hospital, they said.
Most of them who died were employees working in the firecracker godown-cum-shop, police said, adding efforts are being made to ascertain the identity of the deceased.
The incident occurred around 3.30 pm while unloading firecracker cartons from a transport vehicle, police said, adding firefighters are at the spot conducting a search operation to ascertain if there are more bodies.
“Some employees were working inside the shop when the fire broke out. We have recovered 12 charred bodies from the spot so far. All these bodies have been shifted to hospital. Search operations are still underway to ascertain if there are more bodies inside the gutted shop,” said Superintendent of Police (Bengaluru Rural) Mallikarjun Baladandi.
“More than five fire engines were pressed into operations and the fire has been under control now,” he said.
Preliminary enquiry has revealed that about 12 to 15 people were working at the shop when the fire broke out. Experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team have also visited the spot for examination. The exact cause of the fire is being verified, he added.
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