Bantwal: Fire mishap due to short circuit in house, Rs 6-lakh loss estimated
Bantwal: Following an accidental fire in their tiled house on Friday night, Sundari and Shubha Anand Banjan of Devandabettu in Kallige village of the taluk incurred a loss worth Rs 6 lakh.
A short circuit in the electricity line in the house is said to have caused the fire at around 10:15 pm on Friday.
The staff members of the fire brigade and hastened to the site and put out the fire, preventing any further damage, said sources.
Fire brigade officer Purushottam as well as Rohit and Prasad were accompanied by home guards Jaiganesh and driver Kiran Kumar in dousing the fire.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
