Three of a family die in Sualkuchi fire

Guwahati | Thursday | 23rd August, 2018

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The family members said Kabita Mahanta and her son, who succumbed to their injuries, had come to visit Lohit's family on a vacation. It took more than an hour for at least four fire tender vehicles to douse the flames completely.Though all the six family members were taken to the hospital, three of them were declared brought dead. Three other family members - Lohit's wife Anupama Kakoty, younger daughter, Juri Bharali, and her son, Parthiv, were injured and are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. GUWAHATI: A fire broke out at Sualkuchi town in Kamrup district on the northern bank of Brahmaputra river on Wednesday, leaving at least three members of a family, including an 18-month-old, dead. As the fire started in the garment shop located on the ground floor, the family did not know about the fire initially..