Noida thinks up ways to curb fires in slum

On Friday,a fire triggered by a LPG cylinder bursting in Nawada village claimed the lives of two persons — a nine-year-old girl and a 65-year-old physically challenged woman. Twenty-five shanties were destroyed in the blaze.

“The fire aid kit will include several buckets of sand kept at a spot in the cluster. At every handpump,which each of these clusters have,a hose will be provided. The hose will save time of carrying buckets of water to the origin of fire,” an official said.

Officials said fire spreads rapidly in the slums,due to the material used to construct the shanties. According to the department,it is essential to stop the fire as soon as it starts.

“Once the fire hits one of the thatched walls or roofs of the house,chances are that it will cause havoc,” an official said. The department is also looking at an “alarm system”,which will alert people in case of a fire.

Retd auditor,wife,daughter die in fire

ALLAHABAD: An elderly couple and their middle-aged daughter were on Sunday burnt to death after their house caught fire in the early hours at Daraganj area here. N C Mukherjee (70),his 65-year-old wife and their daughter Saanwari (40) were killed in the inferno in Alopibagh locality,police inspector C D Gaur said. Neighbours informed the police station about the fire following which a police party rushed to the spot and a fire tender too was pressed into service,Gaur said. The fire was doused after about an hour but by then the house was completely destroyed and bodies of the three occupants were charred beyond recognition,the inspector said.