A 43-year-old woman, who received burn injuries, is struggling for life with cent burns at the Tata Main Hospital's burn care unit. The victim Sheela Devi, a mother of three children, sustained burns after she met a fire mishap at her home in Gangotri Apartment in Bhalubasa under Sitaramdera police station area.
Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Dilip Kumar Yadav posted at the Tata Main Hospital's camp police station said that they had tried to take a statement from the burnt victim, but she was not in a condition to speak.
The burn victim's son Rohit Kumar Singh, who was at home at the time of the mishap, has given a statement to police.
"Everything happened all of a sudden. A kerosene container which was kept in the pooja room overturned, a fire triggered resulting in the massive fire. As my mother was trapped in the fire, she was burnt excessively," the ASI quoted Rohit (15).
As the mishap took place, Rohit said he doused the flame on his mother's body and rushed her to Tata Main Hospital for treatment immediately.