Cuttack, Nov 9 (PTI) A seven-year-old boy died and his grandfather was injured in a fire that broke out at a three-storey house in Odisha's Cuttack city early on Monday, police said.
The incident took place in the Hatipokhari area in the city. The fire broke out on the second floor of the house when the family members were asleep. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, they said.
ACP (Zone-2), Cuttack, Biraja Shankar Chakraborty said the minor boy succumbed to his injuries at the SCB Medical College Hospital, while his grandfather Ashok Kumar was under treatment after suffering burn injuries on his hands and back.
He said three other persons were rescued safely and are doing well.
Cuttack Fire Service Officer Prasant Dhal said firefighters took around three hours to control the inferno, as the intensity of the fire was high due to explosion of some LPG cylinders stored in the house. The entire building was gutted in the fire.
