In a tragic incident in Auraiya, two people suffocated to death while several others, including five employees of the fire brigade, were injured after a fire broke out in the 5-storey building late on Tuesday night.
According to reports, a massive fire broke out in a 5-storey building located in Auraiya district late on Tuesday night in which two people present there died of suffocation.
The wall was broken to remove a woman and a child from the same building. Not only this, during the rescue, three women, four children and five fire brigade personnel who came to extinguish the fire, fainted due to suffocation.
After getting the information, Superintendent of Police Charu Nigam also reached the spot. The people who fainted were taken to the community health centre for treatment.
The deceased were identified as Pranav and Kallu. Both the youths were trapped in the upper floors. By the time the rescue team reached him, they had died.
There was also a financial loss of about Rs 30 lakh in this accident.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile in Jaunpur, three people were killed and two others were injured when their car overturned and fell into a roadside ditch after hitting a truck, police said on Wednesday.
The accident happened late on Tuesday night near Sathriya village when the occupants of the car were returning home after attending a wedding in Goriyadih village, Superintendent of Police Ajay Sahni said.
While Shaklain (29) and Sarvjeet alias Raja (23), died on the spot, Ayush Srivastava (25) succumbed to injuries later in the hospital, he said.
The SP said earlier the occupants of the car had a dispute with the driver and forced him to get down somewhere after which one of them started driving the vehicle. The two injured were admitted to a district hospital, he said.