Two houses gutted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 23 2024:
Two wooden houses were gutted in a fire at Singjamei Chingamakha Liwa Lambi today at around 11.10 am while two persons who went to douse the flame got injured in a gas cylinder explosion.
The houses belonged to Oinam Boby (50), s/o Late Ningthemjao and his younger brother Oinam Manoranjan.
Reportedly, the two houses caught fire in a gas cylinder explosion and another gas cylinder exploded while some people were trying to extinguish the fire.
The injured have been identified as Waikhom Pritam and Oinam Sanjoy and both of them are from the locality.
The fire was put out in the evening with fire tenders.
The loss could not be calculated at the time of filing this report.