Fire In Ahmedabad Eye Care Centre Kills Its Caretaker Couple
NDTV
The couple was found dead near the staircase on the ground floor of the low-rise building that housed the eye care centre in Naranpura locality, and it is suspected that they died due to inhalation of smoke following the fire, divisional fire officer Om Jadeja said.
A couple employed as caretakers-cum-security guards at an eye care centre in Gujarat's Ahmedabad died after a fire broke out there this morning, officials said.
The couple was found dead near the staircase on the ground floor of the low-rise building that housed the eye care centre in Naranpura locality, and it is suspected that they died due to inhalation of smoke following the fire, divisional fire officer Om Jadeja said.
The eye care centre operated only during the day and nobody was admitted there for treatment, he said.
"The fire erupted in the eye care centre in the morning. The fire department received a call about it around 9:50 am. Two teams - one for firefighting and another for search and rescue - were rushed to the spot and they carried out the operations for around 40 minutes," he said.
