Man dies of burns in freak incident at Maradu
The Hindu
A man died of burn injuries after he probably got caught in a fire he had allegedly set to a house at Maradu following a long-running financial dispute with the house owner on Tuesday around 6 a.m.The
A man died of burn injuries after he probably got caught in a fire he had allegedly set to a house at Maradu following a long-running financial dispute with the house owner on Tuesday around 6 a.m.
The deceased was identified as Prasannan, 45, of Champakkara. The four-member family who got trapped in a bathroom on the first floor of the house was rescued by Fire and Rescue Services personnel.
“We found a man with severe burn injuries in the space between the car porch and the gate. We summoned an ambulance and rushed him to a nearby hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries,” said a firefighter. Initially, the victim was unidentified.
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