Fire destroys house at Ngangkhalawai Awang Leikai
Source: The Sangai Express
Bishnupur, June 21 2019:
Fire destroyed a house at Ngangkhalawai Awang Leikai Ward No 2 at around 2.30 am today which falls under the jurisdiction of Moirang Police Station covered by Moirang Fire Sub Station in Moirang AC, Bishnupur District.
The house belonged to one rickshaw driver Phairembam Kumar Singh s/o Phairembam Shamu.
According to Phairembam Tombisana (w/o Phairembam Kumar Singh), the fire reportedly started from a fire lamp or candle she used to pack eatable items inside the house.
She continued that after attending a marriage ceremony at her neighbour yesterday, she reached home at around 10 pm and after completing the household chores, she was packing eatable items, to be sold on next day, using fire lamp inside the house and after sometime she she went to deep sleep leaving the lamp burning as fatigue seeps in.
Her husband also hit the sack by that time, she added.
She woke up after hearing the hue and cry of the neighbour that the house was on fire, she narrated and added that maximum portion of the house including the household properties were destroyed even though the fire personnel and locals tried hard to douse the flame.
Report culled from the spot revealed that timely arrival of fire service prevented fire spreading to the neighbouring house.
Properties worth Rs 15,000 including 4 beds, TV, school uniforms etc, were destroyed by the fire, report our correspondent.