Four of a family including 2 year old boy die in morning fire in provision store in Gujarat

Ahmedabad:
Four members of a family including the parents and a 2 year old boy were killed in a tragic incident of fire in a provision store in Naranapura area of the city this morning, police said.

The store owner Sunil Chaudhary (36), his wife Leela (31), brother Mohan (30) and son Arjun (02) died owing to the fire that broke out this morning in the Kshemkari mata provision store situated on the ground floor of Vardan tower. Sunil’s daughter who had gone to school before the incident has survived. The family used to live in the back side of the provision store.

The fire which broke out either owing to short circuit or leakage from the cooking gas cylinder did not char the victims but all of them died of suffocation caused by the dense fog. Damage has also been caused to the goods kept in the provision store.

Police said that the locals first saw Sunil somehow coming out of the store and fainting on the road. Then the fire team was called which controlled the fire and brought out the other three from inside. They were admitted to hospital where all of them died.

DeshGujarat