According to the Delhi Fire Services officials, the body of the deceased labourers was recovered on Saturday morning. One of the deceased has been identified as Santosh Kumar Yadav.
According to reports, a short circuit in a transformer caused the fire in the hut. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has extended his condolences for the deceased families.
A hut near the banks of the Ganga River got washed away due to soil erosion in Naugachhia of Bhagalpur district.
While five persons, including a two-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl, were killed on the spot, one person was rescued from the debris and admitted to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in a critical condition, a police officer said.
New Delhi, Jan 31: Nearly five hundred jhuggis (slum huts) were gutted in a devastating fire on Monday night near Delhi's Ghazipur mandi.Twenty fire tenders controlled the blaze after three hours.High tension electric wire passing
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