Seven labourers undergoing treatment due to burn injuries die in Bengaluru

The injured labourers were rushed to a hospital where one after another died without responding to the treatment in the last seven days, police said.

Published: 01st April 2023 08:19 PM  |   Last Updated: 01st April 2023 08:19 PM   |  A+A-

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By PTI

BENGALURU: Seven labourers who sustained grievous burn injuries after a major fire broke out due to a cooking gas cylinder leak on March 26 succumbed to their burns, police said on Saturday.

The labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were staying in a room at Medahalli village in Hoskote Taluk in Bengaluru rural district.

Last Sunday, when they were sleeping in the room, there was a leakage of gas and when one of them switched on the light, it resulted in a major fire disaster injuring all of them, police said.

The injured labourers were rushed to a hospital where one after another died without responding to the treatment in the last seven days, police said.

A case has been registered against the labour contractor who had brought them and kept them in a single room, they said.


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