Truck carrying polythene items gutted in fire accident in Hassan; no fatalities
Hassan: A truck carrying polythene items from Hassan to Bengaluru was gutted in a fire accident reported from the 80 Feet Road in the city on Sunday night.
The truck was from Chikkamagaluru district and had a Mudigere registration. The driver, who was from Hassan city, had parked the vehicle by the road at around 7.30 pm on Sunday to have dinner. As he had gotten off the truck, a major fatality was averted.
The locals had reportedly set fire to dry waste nearby but the flames spread out till the truck, gutting it. Fire tenders were called to the spot and the flames were successfully doused.
Pension Mohalla Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
