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A 40-year-old edifice worker was charred to decease and 4 of his colleagues sustained terrible pain injuries erstwhile a occurrence broke retired astatine a edifice successful Malagala adjacent Nagarabhavi precocious connected Friday (May 8, 2026) nighttime .
The deceased has been identified arsenic Raj Kumar, a autochthonal of Madhya Pradesh, who had reportedly joined enactment astatine the edifice conscionable 15 days ago.
The injured — identified arsenic Bhima, Shivanand, Satish and different idiosyncratic — are undergoing attraction astatine a backstage hospital, and their information is said to beryllium critical. The occurrence besides caused spot harm worthy lakhs of rupees.
The blaze is suspected to person been triggered by a abbreviated circuit wrong the hotel. The occurrence dispersed rapidly and soon engulfed the unit rooms located connected the precocious floor, worsening the situation.
At the clip of the incident, 5 workers employed astatine the edifice were dormant successful the upstairs unit quarters. As the occurrence broke retired abruptly during the night, they were incapable to flight and got trapped inside.
The strength of the flames rapidly dispersed crossed the precocious floor, making rescue operations difficult.
On receiving information, occurrence and exigency work unit rushed to the spot and carried retired a strenuous rescue operation. All 5 workers were pulled retired and shifted to hospital.
However, Raj Kumar, who had sustained terrible pain injuries, succumbed during treatment. The remaining injured workers proceed to acquisition treatment, constabulary said.
