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Four members of a family, including two children, sustained critical burn injuries in a fire that started in their house in the Mohammadwadi area of Pune in the early hours of Wednesday. A probe has been launched into the exact cause of the accident, according to the Pune police.
The fire took place around 4.30 am in a flat on the second floor of a building in Sai Colony in Wadkar Mala area of Mohammadwadi. The injured have been identified as Tekchansingh Chauhan, 48, his wife Bebi, 42, daughter Kashish, 19, and son Nilesh, 15. All are currently being treated at Sassoon General Hospital for their serious burn injuries.
Mansingh Patil, Inspector, Kalepadal Police Station, said, “The husband and wife have sustained very severe injuries, with 70 to 80 per cent burns. The two children have sustained close to 40 per cent burns. A probe has been launched into the incident.”
A Pune fire brigade officer said a fire tender from the Kale Borate Nagar Fire Station was dispatched immediately after they received information of the blaze in a house on the second floor of a building in Mohammadwadi. “Upon reaching the scene, the firefighters saw that a part of a house on the second floor of a two-storey building was on fire. The fire was brought under control within a few minutes. A man, a woman, and two children from the family had suffered burns,” the fire brigade officer said.
“While extinguishing the fire from one side, the firefighters, with the help of residents and police officers, sent the injured to the hospital for treatment. Several household items were damaged in the fire. The exact cause of the fire is being ascertained,” the officer added.
Officials said that they were speaking to neighbours and relatives of the family. The statements of the injured persons will also be recorded as and when possible, they added.
