A 33-year-old woman and her 6-year-old nephew burnt to death after fire broke out due to short-circuit in Unnao in the wee hours of Thursday.
Reports said Ram Dhiraj Yadav’s daughter Daya, a native of Sohramau hamlet of Hassanpur was married in Ramabai Khera locality in lucknow. Daya’s sister-in-law Ginnara and her nephew Keshav (6), both had visited Daya’s residence on Wednesday morning. After dinner, they both slept in a room.
In the wee hours of Thursday, fire broke out in their room due to short circuit in which both Gunnara and Keshav were trapped after they turned unconscious due to smoke. Ram Dhiraj and other family members who noticed the incident after finding smoke, immediately raised an alarm after which the neighbours rushed to their house and tried to douse the fire.
However, before the fire department personnel reached and entered into the room, they found both the victims already charred to death. A case has been registered in this regard and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile four persons were also killed in separate road mishaps reported from Bulandshahr and Mirjapur. In the first case reported from Bulundshahr, 2 persons were killed and 10 others injured following a collision between vehicles due to dense fog in the Arnia area. The incident occurred late on Wednesday night on NH-91 when, as a
result of thick fog, vehicles dashed against each other, SP (Rural) VK Tiwari said. Saluddin (42), a resident of Meerut, and Prem Chand Yadav (42), hailing from Baduan, were killed in the accident. The injured persons were taken to Aligarh Medical College for treatment.
In another incident reported from Mirzapur, 2 persons were killed when a car lost control and rammed into a stationary road roller on Vindhyachal-Aurai road.