A man and his two sons died in a fire mishap in Budaun while two brothers were suffocated to death in a fire incident in Bahraich.
In Budaun, a fire in an LPG cylinder engulfed a house in Gaddi Tola locality of Ujhani town on Thursday night, killing three members of a family and seriously injuring two others.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police OP Singh, Sukhbir Maurya (35) and his two sons, Gopal Maurya (8) and Yash (6), died in the mishap while his wife, Treveni, and mother were seriously injured.
The SSP said a cooking gas cylinder caught fire while food was being cooked in a house under Ujhani police station and the fire soon engulfed the entire house. Treveni, somehow slipped out along with her three-month-old son before the fire took an ugly turn.
The injured have been admitted to the Government Medical College hospital for treatment and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
According to Bhup Singh, the elder brother of the deceased who lives on the ground floor of the house, when the gas cylinder caught fire at around 9 pm on Thursday, Sukhbir’s wife shouted for help after which everyone ran towards the upper floor, where Sukhbir and his two sons were trapped in a room.
Bhup Singh said that Sukhbir tried his best to throw the burning LPG cylinder out but he did not succeed and the fire spread throughout the room.
Investigation is going on.
In another incident reported from Bahraich, two brothers died in Majra Behra village of Bairiya gram panchayat under Bondi police station.
On Thursday night, two brothers, Shani (5) and Satya (7), sons of Badri Vishal of Behda village, were lying on the same bed. A plastic cooler was kept near the door in the room. The other members of the family had gone to participate in a programme organised at the Durga puja pandal set up in the village.
Both brothers were sleeping in the room while their mother, Tara Sharma, was sleeping with the newborn in the verandah outside the room.
Suddenly the cooler kept in the room caught fire due to which Shani and Satya were suffocated to death.
When Badri Vishal returned home from the Durga puja pandal, he was shocked to see thick smoke billowing and the room filled with smoke.
On receiving information about the incident, Station Officer Anjani Kumar Rai reached the spot and took possession of the body. It may be mentioned that Shani’s mundan ceremony was fixed for coming October 30 and the invitation cards for the dinner were distributed to all relatives and neighbours.