Fire destroys Prashad Nagar house

The remains of the burnt house

An early morning fire at Deobirana Street, Prashad Nagar suspected to have been electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed the top flat of a two-storey house and left two persons homeless.

According to Robert Power, who lived with his wife in the house, at the time of the fire, there were two young children temporarily staying at the house. Power said he got up and made breakfast for his family and went upstairs to bring his wife downstairs for breakfast.

He said a few minutes after he returned downstairs, his wife called him from the upper flat of the house