Major fire breaks out at Dori-Putung Colony

A CORRESPONDENT

SEPPA: Three families were rendered homeless in a major fire that broke out at around 5 am at Dori-Putung colony, New Seppa near here on Friday.

Station Officer (Fire & Emergency Service) Tadu Jomoh informed that the fire that broke out today at around 5 am in morning destroyed three OBT houses. He said that he received a call at around 5:20 am about the incident and accordingly, a team rushed to the spot and doused the fire.

"As the area had no road connectivity for the passage of vehicles, the team walked to the place of occurrence and successfully doused the fire," he said, adding that the cause of the fire was due to an electric short circuit as informed by the victims.

Meanwhile, Risu Dada, one of the victims said that there no one died during the incident. However, property along with important personal documents have been damaged due to the fire.

"Not a single belonging is left after the incident. We are now homeless, I appeal to the district administration to provide a place to stay and eat," he said. Dada appealed to the district administration to provide relief to the three families as per the norms.

He also requested town MLA Tapuk Taku to construct proper road connectivity so that the fire tender can reach the spot without any delay and problems.

Later, the East Kameng Deputy Commissioner Pravimal Abhishek Polumatla along with District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO) and Circle Officer visited the place and distributed immediate relief materials to the victims.

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