House gutted
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 15 2011:
Properties worth over ' 1.5 lakh belonging to a family were destroyed when a fire raged at a house at Langthabal Kunja Awang Leikai this evening around 6.40 pm.
The house belonged to Chongtham Borsingh and around 15 bags of paddy, three almirahs, two beds and a TV set along with clothes and other belongings were reduced to ashes.
The fire was believed to have originated from the upper floor of the two storey wooden house.
Fire fighters from Imphal fire station took over an hour to douse the fire before it could spread to neighbouring houses.
In yet another incident, the timely arrival of the fire fighting team saved a house at Kangabam Leikai before it suffered major damages, reports said.