Dhanbad: At least 12 people, including four children, lost their lives in a massive fire at an apartment in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad on Tuesday evening.
Several people are feared trapped in ‘Ashirwad Apartment’, located in Joraphatak, a posh area of the mining town, Hindustan Times reported.
Till late in the evening, efforts were on to douse the fire amid and rescue those trapped in the multi-storeyed building.
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धनबाद । आशीर्वाद टावर के तीसरे तल्ले पर लगी भीषण आग, स्थानीय लोगों की मदद से आग बुझाने का किया जा रहा प्रयास । अंदर में कई लोगों के फंसे होने की आशंका ।@HemantSorenJMM#dhanbad #JharkhandNews #jharkhnd #Fire #Dhanbad pic.twitter.com/uPpcn8rRnr
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The rescued people were rushed to the Patliputra Nursing Home where they are undergoing treatment.
There was a wedding reportedly in one of the flats on the fourth floor, where the fire appears to have broken out.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
