Bihar News: A grandmother and her 12-year-old grandson, who were sleeping in a hut, were burnt alive in a massive fire on Thursday afternoon at Dagra Tola under Lilavach Panchayat of Dinara police station area of Bihar. The fire was so terrible that they did not even get a chance to get out and both of them died on the spot. Apart from this, the buffalo tied in the house also burnt to death. Also the bike and all the items kept in the house were burnt to ashes.
The flames were so terrible that there was screams in the entire village. The people who reached the spot tried hard to control the fire. But, it took such a terrible form that it burnt more than 12 nearby houses to ashes. Eyewitnesses said the cause of the fire was the garbage coming out of the village. He told that the village garbage is thrown near the hut of Surendra alias Bhola Chaudhary.
Even today someone had thrown garbage there, due to which smoke was rising. But, no one took care of him. His mother Rajmuni Kunwar and 12 year old son Ajit Kumar were sleeping in Surendra’s hut. Then it would probably be one o’clock in the afternoon. Then suddenly the sound of people started shouting. By the time everyone reached there and could control the fire, everything was burnt to ashes. Fire brigade vehicles arrived after more than half of the huts were burnt.
Eyewitnesses said that the police was informed immediately after the fire. But, before he could reach the spot, more than half of the huts were burnt to ashes. On receiving the information, Dinara police station incharge Vinay Kumar reached the spot along with the police force and fire brigade and started trying to control the fire. After a lot of effort the fire was somehow controlled.
By then, more than a dozen nearby huts including those of Birendra Chaudhary, Vishwanath Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, Keshav Chaudhary, Santosh Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, Santosh Chaudhary were burnt to ashes. Along with this, his desires also got burnt in the fire. He told that all the wealth of his life was in this hut. What will we eat now? God knows this? The incident has shocked the entire village. A wave of mourning ran in the village. Due to this incident there is silence in the surrounding villages also. Dinara police station incharge Vinay Kumar said that both the burnt bodies have been taken into custody and sent to Sasaram for post-mortem. The cause of the fire is not clear yet.