In a tragic incident, a woman died and four others sustained seriousburn injuries when a fire broke-out in a three-storeyed building atKumardubi village under Barsole police station area of Ghatshilasub-division this evening.
According to information the building was being used for manufacturingcrackers in an illegally. The incident took place when a thunder boltstruck the building triggering a fire in a lPG cylinder, which later spread across the building.
Soon after the fire broke out, a portion of the building wallcollapsed, due to the impact of the explosion. Two fire fire tendersfrom Baharagora and one from Jamshedpur was rushed to the spot.
SP ( rural) Prabhat Kumar said that one woman died and four mensustained injuries in the mishap. " We are investigating the incident.However we feel that as a portion of a wall of the building which wasrunning an unauthorised cracker factory collapsed. We also suspectmore causalities," he noted.