An aged antheral was suspected to person died asphyxiation aft a occurrence broke retired successful his residence astatine Vayupuri Colony successful Neredmet connected Sunday (September 22, 2025) night. The deceased has been identified arsenic 79-year-old Jayaprakash Ramanna.
The villa is located connected the work roadworthy successful Neredmet, betwixt a car showroom and a vino mart. He was surviving unsocial connected the crushed level of a G+1 villa, portion his sister’s household stayed connected the archetypal floor. His lad works successful Bangalore and his girl is joined and lives successful Kukatpally. “His sister household went retired connected Sunday evening erstwhile helium is suspected to person either heated h2o to instrumentality a ablution oregon utilized an appliance which triggered a abbreviated circuit,” said an serviceman from the Neredmet police.
The blaze erupted astir 8.46 p.m. and heavy fume rapidly engulfed the villa, leaving Ramanna unconscious. Neredmet police, alerted done Dial 100, rushed to his rescue and shifted him to a adjacent backstage hospital, wherever helium was declared brought dead.
Cantonment Station Fire Officer R Raghava Reddy besides said that the occurrence appeared to person an electrical origin. “The fridge and switchboards were severely damaged. By the clip we reached, helium had already been taken to hospital. It took until 1 a.m. to afloat douse the flames and decorativeness the combing process,” helium said, adding that occurrence tenders, including HYDRAA, were pressed into service. The constabulary person registered a lawsuit and are further investigating the origin of the fire.
