Rajkot Fire Highlights: ‘Flame from the welding work fell on the material that led to the fire’, says Rajkot Collector | India News
Rajkot Fire Highlights: A massive fire broke out at an indoor game zone in Gujarat’s Rajkot city late Saturday, the death toll stands at 28 with about nine people injured. The fire could have been started by sparks from a welding machine that landed on “piles” of inflammable material, a senior official told The Indian Express citing preliminary investigations based on CCTV footage.
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The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to families of those who died in the incident and Rs 50,000 to those injured. Earlier in the day, the Gujarat government also announced compensation of Rs 4 lakh to victims’ families. Reacting to the mishap on Saturday, PM Modi said he was “extremely distressed” and that he was in touch with CM Bhupendra Patel regarding the rescue operation efforts.
Meanwhile, a special bench of the Gujarat High Court on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the fire incident and termed it a “man made disaster”. An FIR was registered against six persons, including TRP amusement park’s owner and manager for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Meanwhile, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident will submit a primary report in 3 days followed by a final report after 10 days.
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Source : https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajkot-game-zone-fire-live-updates-9351818/lite/
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Date : 2024-05-25 14:32:33
