Private bus falls into trench between Mysuru-Erode: two dead; 26 injured
Chamarajnagar: Two persons killed on the spot and 26 people seriously injured as the private bus they were travelling in fell into a 100 feet trench at Dimbam Ghat on Friday night.
The deceased have been identified as Erode residents Muttu and Guruswamy.
The incident occurred when the private bus was moving from Mysuru to Erode in Tamil Nadu. The RPS private bus fell into a deep trench when its driver lost control over the vehicle at the 26th cross of Dimbam Ghat in Tamil Nadu at around 8:30 pm on Friday.
The injured have been admitted to a Coimbatore Hospital in Tamil Nadu.
Satyamangalam police have registered a case regarding this.
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Fire breaks out at garments showroom in south Mumbai; eight rescued
Mumbai (PTI): A fire broke out at a garments showroom on the ground floor of a residential building in the Peddar Road area of south Mumbai on Monday morning, civic officials said.
While there were no reports of injuries in the blaze, eight people and some pets were rescued from the six-storey building, they said.
Officials said the fire erupted around 6:38 am at the showroom on the ground floor of the Shukhshanti building.
The fire brigade rescued eight people from the first floor and five animals from the fourth floor of the building.
A civic official said the blaze was confined to the wiring, electrical installations, and the stock of clothes in the showroom, and the establishment was engulfed in smoke.
He said eight fire engines and other fire brigade vehicles were at the scene.
The official said the blaze was covered from all sides around 8:15 am, and the fire-fighting operations were underway.
The police, civic authorities, and other agencies were mobilised, he said, adding that the cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
As the building is on the busy Peddar Road, the south-bound traffic from the Mahalaxmi Temple junction to the Kemps Corner flyover had slowed down, the traffic police informed in a post on X.
