Fire victim succumbs to injuries
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 13 2016:
The woman who had been undergoing treatment at Shija Hospitals after receiving burn injuries on most parts of her body, due to a fire which gutted her shop, succumbed to her injuries yesterday evening.
The body was given to the family for performing its last rites after post mortem.
The victim, identified as Saikhom (O) Sakila w/o Dhanajoy alias Apak, was a resident of Singjamei Oinam Thingel.
The fire broke out due to electric short circuit inside the dry fish shop, situated at Singjamei Mayengbam Leikai, under Singjamei police station, at around 12:30 pm on 9th of this month.
Another adjacent shop was also burned to the ground.
The husband of the deceased, S Dhanajoy, had also been rushed to the hospital along with his wife but was discharged soon after treatment as the injuries were not serious.