Fire breaks out in hotel, one dead
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
MARCEL, JUNE 5
One person died while four others were injured when a roadside hotel at Mardol-Ponda went up in flames in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to reports, all five persons were asleep in the hotel when the incident occurred reportedly due to short circuit at around 2.30 am.
Ponda police said Prasanna Devraj, a native of Chikmanglure-Karnataka, died at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, while Chaitan Shankar (22), Annapa Rudraya (18) and Pradip Bassappa (21), all from Chikmanglure, and Simon Viegas (47) from Mangalore have sustained burn injuries. Viegas is reported in a critical condition with 60% burn injuries.
The property gutted in the fire is estimated at Rs 8 lakh.
Viegas had taken the hotel, owned by one Yeshwant Khedekar, on rental basis and he along with the four others were residing in the premises.
Locals claim that they heard a loud sound resembling an explosion, which later was suspected to be the explosion of a gas cylinder.
Fire personnel suspect a short circuit started the fire and the flames later spread to the hotel, leading to the cylinder explosion.
Fire fighters rushed to the site and used two fire tenders, one each from the Ponda and Kundaim fire stations. PSI Deepak Pednekar is investigating the case.
Fire breaks out in hotel, one dead
MARCEL, JUNE 5 One person died while four others were injured when a roadside hotel at Mardol-Ponda went up in flames in the wee hours of Saturday. According to reports, all five persons were asleep in the hotel when the incident occurred reportedly due to short circuit at around 2.30 am.
