Abandoned houses catch fire at Langol
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 02 2023:
Three abandoned houses in Langol Housing Complex caught fire on Wednesday around 6 am.
Upon receiving information, Imphal Fire Service pressed three fire tenders and one Bolero pump into action and put out the inferno around 9.30 am.
Officials are yet to ascertain the source of the fire.
According to sources, the incident took place during a time gap between change of guards in the area.
The houses were being guarded by army personnel since those were abandoned by the residents and CRPF personnel were to take over the security of the houses, the sources said.
The houses caught fire as the army personnel were moving out and the CRPF personnel were moving in.
Meanwhile, the Manipur government has extended the curfew relaxation period by one hour in Imphal East and West districts in view of improvement in the law and order situation, an official statement said.
The curfew relaxation period in the twin Imphal districts was now from 5 am to 8 pm.
Separate orders issued by the office of the district magistrates of the two districts said that "there is a considerable improvement in law and order and there is a need to relax the restriction of movement to facilitate the general public to purchase essential items including medicines and food items" .
The curfew relaxation period in other valley districts of Thoubal, Kakching and Bishnupur remained unchanged from 5 am to 5 pm .