02-Nov-2024 01:11 PM
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Kolkata, Nov 2 (Reporter) Two pre-teen girls and a teenager were burnt
alive in a fire sparked during bursting of crackers to celebrate
Diwali in West Bengal's Howrah district town of Uluberia,
official sources said on Saturday.
The tragedy happened in Uluberia’s Bazarpara area on Friday evening in
the house of one belonging to Kajal Sheikh and one of the three
children belonged to his family while others
were neighbours.
Although the local people took them to a nearby hospital where the
medics declared dead. The police identified the victims as Tania
Mistry (14), Ishaan Dhara (6) and Mumtaz Khatun (8).
The mishap occurred whilst the local residents were bursting
firecrackers in ward number 27 of Uluberia municipality when the fire
sparked after igniting firecrackers kept nearby, causing a blaze that
led to a cylinder explosion in an adjacent house and trapped the
family members – including three children – who were inside.
The three were soon taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared
them dead.
Two other children were seriously injured in the fire and were under
treatment at Uluberia Medical College and Hospital...////...