PHAGWARA: Seven people, including a two-month-old girl and three more girls suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out in a rented accommodation in Phagwara’s Chachoki colony on Sunday.
The victims belonged to two migrant families living in adjacent rooms, the police said.
All seven injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital Phagwara.
Senior Medical Officer Dr Lehimber Ram, said the victims were being treated and remained under observation.
The injured were identified as Amit Kumar, his wife Arti Kumari, and their two-month-old daughter, Anushaka Kumari. Additionally, four minor daughters of Kumar’s neighbor, Babu, also sustained burns in the incident.
The Injured Amit told that the fire started while flames from a burning gas stove being used for cooking fell onto a small cooking gas cylinder, igniting a blaze. The sudden spread of flames left little time for the families to react.Two of the injured have been shifted to Jalandhar civil hospital due to their serious condition.