Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Kohima, April 26 2009:
THREE MEMBERS of a family, including a baby were burnt to death by a devastating fire that broke out at around 8:30 pm on Saturday night at Chumukedima (Dimapur) block-6, opposite Christian School.
The deceased reportedly belonged to Kyong community.
According to reports published in a section of local dailies said that one of the charred women was clinging something which residents suspected could be a child.
Local residents joined in fighting along with the fire tenders.
Bursting of a gas cylinder also aggravated the fire.
Meanwhile, residents of the area have complained that fire tenders took almost an hour to reach the spot of incident as they had to come all the way from Dimapur and being dry season the wells around the fire site were dry making the area people helpless to put off the fire.