Maharashtra Fire: In a tragic incident, two children among seven members of a family suffocated to death after a major fire erupted at a tailoring shop in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city of Maharashtra in wee hours of early Wednesday morning.
According to the police, a massive fire engulfed the shop at Dana Bazar in Cantonment area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar at area at around 4 AM on Wednesday morning.
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They said the shop was located on the ground floor, while a family lived on the upper floor of the building. The smoke from the massive inferno, which completely gutted the shop on the lower floor, entered into the upper floor, killing seven members of the family, including two toddlers, aged 3 and 2 years, said an official.
“The tailoring shop and other commercial establishments were located on the ground floor of a building while people were residing on the upper floor”, the official said.
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“The shop suddenly caught fire at around 4 am. The police came to know about the incident at 4.15 am. Following the fire, smoke entered the first floor where a family was residing above the shop,” Police Commissioner Manoj Lohiya told reporters at the scene.
The officer said that seven casualties have occurred due to suffocation, adding that the deceased included three women, two men and two children.
The deceased victims have been identified as Asim Shaikh (3), Pari Shaikh (2), Wasim Shaikh (30), Tanveer Shaikh (23), Hamida Begum (50), Shaikh Sohail (35) and Reshma Shaikh (22), another police official said.
Police have launched an inquiry to ascertain the exact cause of the fire, the official added.
(With PTI inputs)
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