Kolkata: Two minor siblings, parents wounded in fire

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By  India Blooms News Service   Jan 09, 2023

Kolkata: Four members of a family-two minor siblings, including an 18-month-old baby, and their parents - were wounded in a fire at a house in south Kolkatas Chetla area on Monday, police and fire brigade sources said.

The injured also included a five-year-old child.

They were evacuated along with their parents by the fire brigade personnel and sent to the state government-run SSKM Hospital after initial rescue work by the locals.

The fire. which may have been caused by the leaking of a cooking gas cylinder in their makeship home at Chetla Haat Road, was first noticed by the local people and alerted others, destroying the home.

Another report said a multi-storeyed building on Mango Lane (Dalhousie area) caught fire late on Sunday night which was doused before any casualty was reported.Four fire-tenders were pressed into the service to combat the flames.

(With UNI inputs)