IN PHOTOS: Multi-disciplinary team begins probe after 17 killed in Hyderabad fire

The Telangana government has asked five departments, including fire and police, to go into the devastating fire in a building that left 17 people dead and submit a report, state Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Monday. Pics/PTI

Updated On: 2025-05-19 07:31 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

A narrow staircase was the only escape route for the inmates of the building, but they could not rush out, a Fire Department official said. Pics/PTI

The officials of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), fire, police, revenue department and the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) would jointly probe the tragedy and submit a report to the government, Prabhakar, in-charge minister for Hyderabad, told PTI

The officials have already submitted a preliminary report on the incident

Meanwhile, a team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is scheduled to visit the scene for investigation, a senior police official told PTI

A blaze triggered by a suspected short circuit in a building near the iconic Charminar here on Sunday killed 17 people, including eight children, belonging to an extended family of a jeweller

There were a total of 21 people in the building when the incident occurred, and out of them, 17 who were shifted to different hospitals in an unconscious condition by the fire department they could not survive, while four of them on the upper floors were rescued

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