Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], September 13 (ANI): The death toll in the fire incident at Hotel Secunderabad has risen to eight, police said on Tuesday.

Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], September 13 (ANI): Six people were killed and several were injured when a fire broke out at a hotel in Secunderabad late on Monday night.

Hyderabad Mar 24 PTI The ruling TRS in Telangana on Thursday organised protests across the State against hike in price of LPG petrol and food items State Ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Mohd Mahmood Ali and TRS MLC K Kavitha held a protest at the office of the civil supplies here Attacking the NDA government at the Centre Kavitha daughter of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said BJP before elections made tall promises of achieving rapid progress in the country They BJP said they will increase the GDP People believed and voted GDP saw growth now What is GDP Gas price increased Diesel price increased and Petrol price increased she said and demanded the Centre to roll back the price hike The GoI has imposed unreal fuel LPG prices The country is suffering from high inflation unemployment This is punishing the common man The Union govt should reverse this decision Well fight for the interests of people of India she tweeted PTI SJR NVG NVG

Hyderabad Mar 23 PTI Eleven migrant workers hailing from Bihar were killed in an early morning blaze on Wednesday that swept through a scrap godown in the city with only DNA tests likely to ascertain the victims identities since the bodies were charred beyond recognition police said The godown was allegedly operating without fire safety measures and a lone internal spiral staircase hardly helped the deceased flee the fire although one person managed to escape by jumping out of the room they said President Ram Nath Kovind Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed grief over the incident The PM and Rao also announced ex-gratia to the victims The deceased workers hailing from Chapra district of Bihar were sleeping in a room constructed above the godown at Bhoiguda here when the incident happened fire and police officials said The fire officials received a call at 355 AM and eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot The blaze was extinguished by around 7 am they said Based on preliminary investigation a fire official told PTI the blaze started from the scrap godown and spread to the room above The workers appeared to have tried to escape but soon fell unconscious after inhaling thick smoke It was a heart-wrenching scene as bodies charred beyond recognition were found in a heap as they apparently collapsed upon inhaling the smoke he said The bodies were shifted to the nearby state-run Gandhi hospital to conduct post-mortem and other official procedures DNA tests would be conducted to identify the deceased a police official told PTI The cause of the fire would be known after investigation he added Hyderabad Police Commissioner C V Anand who inspected the scene said the deceased were in the age group of 23-35 years The scrap material comprised old newspapers used bottles and others he said adding fire safety conditions appear to have been violated at the ill-fated godown The workers were provided with accommodation in the room constructed above the scrap godown and many residents in the locality were not aware that they lived there he said Regretting the loss of life in the tragedy he said timber depots and others were situated in the area and that there is a need to go into the safety aspect President Kovind expressed grief over death of the workers in the incident The death of workers in a fire accident at a godown in Secunderabad Telangana is a tragedy beyond words My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families I wish speedy recovery for the injured Kovind said on twitter Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund PMNRF Pained by the loss of lives due to a tragic fire in Bhoiguda Hyderabad My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of the deceased PM a tweet from Modis official Twitter handle said Chief Minister Rao condoled the death of the workers and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of each of the deceased He asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to make arrangements to send the bodies to their native places in Bihar Kumar who visited the spot said immediate steps would be taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents State Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali and animal husbandry minister T Srinivas Yadav also visited the spot PTI VVK SJR SA SA