Himachal House catches fire as family returns from wedding five charred to death

  • | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

#LatestVisuals from Mandi where five persons lost their lives in fire that broke out at a residential building at N… https://t.co/QdfUYcVpkL — ANI (@ANI) 1532319333000MANALI: Weddings are the happiest occasion for a family. Although fire services were contacted, it was too late as five members, including one man, three women and a child, were killed on the spot. We are still interrogating into the exact cause of fire,” he said. The entire air conditioned home caught fire between 3:30 and 4 am. However, this wedding turned into a fatal tragedy for this family when five persons were burnt alive after a fire broke out in the groom's house at Ner Chowk in Mandi district around 4 am on Monday.According to sources, the wedding procession (baraat) had returned home at about 2 am and all family members went to sleep.

#LatestVisuals from Mandi where five persons lost their lives in fire that broke out at a residential building at N… https://t.co/QdfUYcVpkL — ANI (@ANI) 1532319333000 MANALI: Weddings are the happiest occasion for a family. However, this wedding turned into a fatal tragedy for this family when five persons were burnt alive after a fire broke out in the groom's house at Ner Chowk in Mandi district around 4 am on Monday.According to sources, the wedding procession (baraat) had returned home at about 2 am and all family members went to sleep. The entire air conditioned home caught fire between 3:30 and 4 am. Although fire services were contacted, it was too late as five members, including one man, three women and a child, were killed on the spot. Two others have sustained burn injuries.The deceased have been identified as Narender Soni (66), Veena Soni (62), Sudesh (70), Sona Sohil (45), and Sai (8).Fire tenders controlled the fire and recovered the burnt bodies.According to Mandi superintendent of police, Gurdev Chand Sharma, fire had been controlled but five persons had been killed in tragic accident. “Suffocation can be the reason of the deaths. We are still interrogating into the exact cause of fire,” he said.

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