East Godavari Fire

A chariot of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in East Godavari district caught fire in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday.

A fire broke out in the pantry of a running train late at night in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district. The staff separated the pantry car, stopping the fire from spreading to the other bogies of the train.

The toll in the fire incident at the firecracker in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has risen to 17, which includes 14 women. As investigators probe whether the unit had been given licence to operate this year, it is not clear what caused the fire that gave no one a chance to escape.

Eleven people - nine women and two men - are reported killed in a huge fire at an Andhra Pradesh factory which makes fireworks. Six others, including the owner, have reportedly been injured.

Apart from the three-tier monitoring system that includes consistent real-time monitoring for arresting any operational snag, ONGC Rajahmundry Asset has recently deployed two emergency ambulances and two additional fire tenders at its operational station in East Godavari District, an ONGC release said here today.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI yesterday demanded that Union government should constitute a high-level technical expert committee to probe into the gas pipeline fire at Nagaram village in East Godavari district.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people on Friday morning.

As many as 200 thatched houses belonging to fishermen were gutted in fire in Dummulapeta area in Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh, police said today.

An 18-year-old girl was set on fire by a youth at her house on the Venumadha Swamy temple street in Pithapuram town of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

25-year-old man today allegedly set ablaze his mother when she refused to give him Rs 10 to purchase an item in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Two women and a child were charred to death and four others were injured in an explosion in a fire-crackers manufacturing unit in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh this afternoon.

A Fire Station Officer was today arrested from East Godavari district by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 7500 for returning an official favour.

Nearly 180 thatched houses were reduced to ashes in a major fire today at Pallam village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless, police said. However, no casualties have been reported in the mishap as of now.

Four people have been injured and nearly 30 vehicles were set on fire in a part of Puducherry that borders the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The police reportedly opened fire this morning on a group of protesters taking on a private company in the area over labour issues.

A chariot of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in East Godavari district caught fire in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday.

A fire broke out in the pantry of a running train late at night in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district. The staff separated the pantry car, stopping the fire from spreading to the other bogies of the train.

The toll in the fire incident at the firecracker in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has risen to 17, which includes 14 women. As investigators probe whether the unit had been given licence to operate this year, it is not clear what caused the fire that gave no one a chance to escape.

Eleven people - nine women and two men - are reported killed in a huge fire at an Andhra Pradesh factory which makes fireworks. Six others, including the owner, have reportedly been injured.

Apart from the three-tier monitoring system that includes consistent real-time monitoring for arresting any operational snag, ONGC Rajahmundry Asset has recently deployed two emergency ambulances and two additional fire tenders at its operational station in East Godavari District, an ONGC release said here today.

YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

CPI yesterday demanded that Union government should constitute a high-level technical expert committee to probe into the gas pipeline fire at Nagaram village in East Godavari district.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people on Friday morning.

As many as 200 thatched houses belonging to fishermen were gutted in fire in Dummulapeta area in Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh, police said today.

An 18-year-old girl was set on fire by a youth at her house on the Venumadha Swamy temple street in Pithapuram town of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

25-year-old man today allegedly set ablaze his mother when she refused to give him Rs 10 to purchase an item in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Two women and a child were charred to death and four others were injured in an explosion in a fire-crackers manufacturing unit in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh this afternoon.

A Fire Station Officer was today arrested from East Godavari district by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 7500 for returning an official favour.

Nearly 180 thatched houses were reduced to ashes in a major fire today at Pallam village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless, police said. However, no casualties have been reported in the mishap as of now.

Four people have been injured and nearly 30 vehicles were set on fire in a part of Puducherry that borders the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The police reportedly opened fire this morning on a group of protesters taking on a private company in the area over labour issues.