11 migrant workers from Bihar died in a ghastly fire mishap in a timber depot in Bhoiguda, Secunderabad. According to the reports, the locals saw smoke emanating from the depot at around 3 AM and they immediately alerted the fire department.
Out of 12 members, 11 were charred to death. The victims were identified as Bittu (23), Sikander(40), Dinesh (35), Damodar (27), Chintu (17), Sikandar (35), Rajesh (25), Raju (25), Deepak (26), Pankaj(26) and Gollu (25). Three others suffered severe injuries and they have been immediately rushed to the hospital.
The deceased are migrant workers from Chapra district in Bihar. Nine fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and they worked for nearly three hours to douse the flames. According to the police, 15 workers were asleep on the first floor of Shadwan traders’ scrap collection centre. The fire broke out on the ground floor.
Police Commissioner C V Anand said they had been coming to work at the godown for the last three years, and were receiving Rs 12,000 as salary per month. “As they were unable to get rooms for rent nearby, they were staying in a room on the first floor of the godown. Some of the deceased died in their sleep after inhaling the smoke.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao were shocked towards the incident. Modi announced Rs 2 lakh from PM Relief Fund to each family of the dead and KCR announced Rs 5 lakh each. KCR directed the chief secretary Somesh Kumar to facilitated the dead bodies reach their native place in Bihar.
