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Monday, January 26: A house in Kajur village under the Aiguru Gram Panchayat limits caught fire last night. An elderly woman and her grandson inside the house fortunately escaped unhurt.
The brick house belonging to Pushpa, an elderly woman who works as a laborer and looks after her grandson in Kajur village, was completely burnt to ashes in the fire, and it is believed that the two of them survived.
The fire broke out accidentally at around 11.40 last night while both of them were sleeping inside the house. By the time they woke up from their deep sleep, a large fire had engulfed the house. Pushpa, seeing the house burning in front of her eyes, came out of the house and screamed loudly.
At this time, a resident of the neighboring house, Aiguru Gram Panchayat President Vinod rushed to the spot and rescued the boy Harshit who was inside the house. The fire was increasing day by day due to the strong wind, and all efforts to extinguish it failed. Meanwhile, the fire brigade was informed, and the personnel who reached the spot within 20 minutes brought the fire to a standstill and extinguished it.
But by then, the house had completely burnt down, and all the utensils, clothes, TV, couch, furniture, household records, school records of Harshit, who is studying in class 3 at Kajur Government School, bag, and other belongings were burnt to ashes. Along with this, Pushpa's weekly salary, which she had earned as a wage worker, was also burnt in the fire, and she had to literally come out on the streets empty-handed.
There was a three-quarter empty cooking gas cylinder inside the house, which caught fire, causing the fire to rise to a height of about 15 feet.
Firefighters arrived in the meantime and extinguished the fire, averting major damage. Locals said that if the cylinder had exploded, there would have been immense damage to neighboring houses as well.
Pushpa, who was earning her living as a daily wage worker, has been forced to live on the streets, and locals have appealed to the government to come forward to provide relief. Taluk Tahsildar Krishnamurthy, Village Administrator Neha, PDO Poornakumar and others have visited the spot and inspected it. It is suspected that an electrical short circuit may have been the cause of the incident.
Panchayat's relief
Aiguru Gram Panchayat President G.K. Vinod, Gram Panchayat Member Junaid, PDO Poornakumar visited the house burnt down in the fire and consoled the family. The Gram Panchayat distributed Rs. 3,000 in cash and groceries to the family.
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