11 workers from Bihar charred to death in Hyderabad

23 March 2022, 3:29 pm
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Eleven workers from Bihar were charred to death in a major fire that broke out at a timber and scrap shop in Secunderabad here early Wednesday, police said.

The incident occurred at a shop in IDH Colony of Bhoiguda area in Secunderabad around 4 a.m.

Police said one person managed to jump out of the fire and was rushed to Gandhi Hospital. All the victims were migrant workers from Bihar and were asleep when the fire broke out.

The fire was doused with the help of five fire tenders which rushed to the scene from different areas. Short circuit is suspected to have caused the fire.

The bodies have been shifted to Gandhi Hospital. Hospital authorities said that 10 bodies were charred beyond recognition.

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