A 50-year-old woman died while her daughter-in-law sustained burn injuries in a fire at their house in Jal Vihar colony under Chunabhatti police station area on Sunday.
According to the police Sunita Sharma and her daughter-in-law Priyanka Sharma were rushed to JP hospital after a fire broke out in the afternoon at their residence, at the hospital Sunita was declared dead while Priyanka is reportedly stable.
At the time of the incident only Sunita and Priyanka were present in the house. Sunita was sitting in a chair while Priyanka was in the adjacent room.
The deceased was sitting in a chair where she was found dead. In the initial investigation it was found that the deceased suffered cardiac arrest due to which she was not able to rescue and was later charred to death on the same chair she was sitting on.
Neighbours informed fire brigade after spotting fire. locals rescued Priyanka but Sunita who had sustained severe burn injuries succumbed to death.
The house was locked from inside which was broken during the rescue operation.
Priyanka was found in an unconscious state and was rushed to JP hospital where she is undergoing treatment.
Fire tender vehicles and fire fighters were rushed to the spot to pacify the fire.
Police said that the circumstantial evidences suggest that the fire erupted due to short circuit but at the moment nothing could be ascertained.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered case and have started further investigation.