25 garment shops gutted in fire in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Around 25 garment shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in a market in Odisha's Bhubaneswar during Diwali celebrations early on Friday, police said.
No one was injured in the incident but garments were damaged due to the fire, a senior officer said.
"Around 25 garment shops were severely damaged in the fire that engulfed the underground market at Unit-I Market Building area late on Diwali night," he said.
Five fire tenders were pressed into service and it took five hours to douse the blaze, the officer said.
A preliminary report revealed that the fire broke out in a saree store and spread to adjacent shops, he said.
It was difficult for fire brigade personnel to get control over the blaze as both sides of the underground market remained closed, an official added.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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