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
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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