Eight people were killed when a fire broke out at a hotel in Telangana’s Secunderabad on Monday night. Chandana Deepti, DCP, North Zone, Hyderabad, was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that an electric scooter recharging unit caught the flames on the ground floor.
Hyderabad Commissioner CV Anand said the smoke caused by the fire accident engulfed the people living on the first and second floors of the building.
After getting information about the fire accident, Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali expressed grief over the deaths and said that the state government is investigating how the incident happened.
He said fire brigade teams tried their best to evacuate people from the lodge but some people died due to heavy smoke, while some were rescued.
“Very unfortunate incident. Fire brigade teams tried their best to evacuate people from the lodge but some people died due to heavy smoke. Some people were rescued from the lodge. We are probing how the incident happened,” the home minister told media persons.
(with ANI inputs)
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