A labourer was charred to death due to a fire mishap near a brick kiln at Kaithadihi village under Dhamnagar block of Bhadrak district late on Sunday night. The deceased was Babuni Gochhayat of Patana village in Nadigaon panchayat in the district.
According to reports, Babuni used to work at the brick kiln along with four other labourers. The five were staying in a temporary shelter near the brick kiln.
The fire broke out in the house, following which four labourers managed to come outside, but Babuni could not. He was burnt to death at the spot.
On being informed by locals, police reached the village, recovered the charred body and sent it for postmortem.