Bravehearts rescue five from burning building

November 3, 2012

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Bangalore, November 3: Two women and three children from an Indiranagar family were rescued on Friday from a burning building by alert neighbours. Among the rescued was an eightmonth-old toddler. Around 3.15pm, a worker at Rishi medical shop off CMH Road noticed flames leaping out of a house located across the road. The house was on the second floor of a three-storey building, which had a retail chain shop on the ground floor and a vacant office space on the first.

The druggist, who didn't want to be named, rushed out of his shop, screaming "fire, fire" . The fire reportedly started on the first floor and spread to the second.

As per the call records of the fire department, Pradeep , a passerby, made a call around 3.25pm. "I saw the fire and learnt about some people trapped in the house. I called 101," Pradeep, who identified himself as a businessman and declined to reveal his second name.

The fire sent a thick black smoke into the sky. The druggist and passersby feared for those stuck in the smoke-filled house. With stones, they broke the building's glass facade and let the smoke out. The two women and three children, meanwhile , ran up to the terrace.

With the help of a ladder that was put across to the next building, the women passed on their kids to bravehearts , and they rushed down the stairs to safety.

A sub-inspector of police from the Indiranagar station patrolling the area rushed to the building on fire and drew up a rescue plan. Two women and three children trapped in the burning house were rescued in the nick of time. As part of the rescue plan, G Y Giriraj, sub-inspector , and seven others went to the terrace of the adjacent Clinical Research Institute of India building.

They placed a wooden ladder across the 10-foot-wide gap between the two buildings.

Among the rescuers were Kailash Mondol and Vinodh, security guards of former JD(S) MLA NR Suryanarayana Reddy. The duo was staying at New Shanti Sagar Lodge opposite the building on fire.

Said Vinodh: "We, too, went up to the terrace. A do-gooder provided a ladder. The trapped women handed over the kids to us and they rushed down the stairs to safety."

The two women and three children were treated for minor injuries at a hospital. The two women — Kusum, and Kesar — were daughters-in-law of Mahaveer Chand, the head of the family and building owner. The three children are Chand's grandchildren.

The fire was noticed around 3.15pm. Initially, smoke started coming out of the first floor of the building and people started shouting. Those who were inside the Reliance Fresh store came out. When the public started breaking windows, flames leapt out of the building. Some men then went up to the terrace of the adjacent building and rescued children trapped in the top-floor house.

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'Death Cap' mushrooms behind death of six in Meghalaya

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May 9,2020

Shillong, May 9: The poisonous mushrooms that killed six people at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district have been identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the 'Death Cap', a senior official said on Saturday.

Six people, including a 14-year-old girl, of Lamin village along the India-Bangladesh border in Amlarem civil sub-division died after consuming wild mushrooms they collected from a nearby forest late last month.

The wild mushroom has been identified as Amanita phalloides and is hepatotoxic as it directly affects the liver, state Director of Health Services (MI) Dr Aman War told PTI.

He said it has been established after an investigation that the cause of the deaths was the poisonous mushrooms.

At least 18 persons from three families were taken ill after consuming the mushrooms.

The symptoms after consuming the poisonous fungus include vomiting, headache and unconsciousness, the senior doctor said.

Most of those taken ill, including a pregnant woman, have already recovered and gone home. Therefore, people can survive as it depends on the amount of poison that you have consumed. Only one person was unaffected, maybe he did not consume much, he said.

Three people are still undergoing treatment and are recovering. Two of them are at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) and one in Woodland Hospital, Dr War said.

He said the health department can only appeal to the people, especially those in the rural areas, to refrain from eating wild mushrooms, while the horticulture department should take measures to create awareness.

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5 coaches of Lokmanya Tilak Express derail near Cuttack; 15 passengers injured

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January 16,2020

Cuttack, Jan 16: At least 15 passengers were injured as five coaches of the Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed and three more were displaced after colliding with a goods train amid heavy fog near Cuttack in Odisha on Thursday, railway officials said.

Railway officials had earlier said that 25 passengers were injured in the incident but later officers who reached the site reported that four passengers were found to have suffered major injuries and 11 had received minor injuries.

Passengers with major injuries have been sent to Cuttack Medical College. All passengers are stated to be out of danger.

Officials said the accident happened when the passenger train hit the guard van of a good train around 7 am between Salagaon and Nergundi stations.

The officials said there was heavy fog at the site but it was not clear what led to the accident. The speedometer of both the trains have been seized for inquiry, East Coast Railway Spokesperson J P Mishra said.

Buses have been arranged for all remaining passengers to move towards their destination.

Cuttack is around 10-12 km away and Bhubaneswar(Terminating station) is 35 km.

The accident disrupted train services in the area.

Five trains have been affected due to the accident where restoration work in underway. These include the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai LTT SF Express, the Puri-Rourkela Express, Dhanbad-Bhubaneshwar Rajyarani Express which have all been diverted via Naraj.

"East Coast Railway acknowledges with deep gratitude help of nearby locals and villagers who have displayed great humanitarian values and come to the rescue of injured passengers," Mishra said.

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