A fire broke out late Monday night at the Ruby Motors and Ruby Pride Luxury Hotel property in Telangana’s Secunderabad, killing eight people and several people got injured.
A fire broke out late Monday night at the Ruby Motors and Ruby Pride Luxury Hotel property in Telangana’s Secunderabad, killing eight people and several people got injured. Deepthi Officials suspect an explosion in an electric scooter or a generator at the Ruby Motors dealership on the ground floor started the fire, as revealed by Deepthi Chandana, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Zone).
According to the authorities, the owners of Ruby Motors, Rajender Singh Bugga and Sumeet Singh, have been operating the e-bike business illegally from the cellar of the building where the explosion occurred for the past year.
Outcome of the fire
At 10 o’clock at night, a restaurant above a showroom was damaged by a fire that spread rapidly. Officials said six hotel guests and four hotel workers first discovered the fire and smoke and escaped from the fifth floor of the hotel to the adjacent Yatri Inn Hotel, and afterwards called the authorities.
The ground floor’s e-bikes may have caught fire if they were left in charging mode in the evening, according to police speculation.
The hotel is built on the top five stories of the building and includes 28 rooms where at least 25 people were believed to be trapped. Some tried to jump from their windows and others were rescued by firefighters.
Ten people were hurt, but only eight guests—including a woman—died from asphyxia and smoke inhalation. According to officials, Bangalore resident Jayanth K, 39, who is in the ICU at the neighboring Apollo Hospital, is in a critical condition.
“People sleeping on the first and second floors emerged from their rooms onto the corridor through the dense smoke and died from asphyxiation,” said Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand who examined the incident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his condolences over the event. “Saddened by the loss of lives due to a fire in Secunderabad, Telangana. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be paid to the next of kin of each deceased. Rs 50,000 would be paid to the injured,” PM Modi tweeted. Telangana Home Minister M M Ali offered ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the deceased’s families.
Under IPC sections 304 (II) (knowledge that death may be caused by an act), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous means), and section 9 B of the Explosives Act of 1884, a case has been filed against the proprietors of Ruby Motors and Ruby Hotel.
The victim has been confirmed to be Alladi Harish, 33, of Vijayawada; Seetharaman Swamy, 48, from Chennai; Veerender Kumar Devakar, 50, from Delhi; Balaji Navaneetha Krishnan, 58, auditor of Achi Masala Food Pvt Ltd in Chennai; Rajeev Malik and Sandeep Malik from Pitampura, New Delhi; Chandan Jethi from Cuttack, Odisha; and Mithali Mahapatra, 29, from Santhasarapur village in Odisha’s Balasor.
When the police arrived, the showroom and hotel were already covered in thick smoke, according to DCP Chandana. “A few people were saved by first responders and firefighters using ladders. Some rescuers rushed up the stairs and helped brought down at least six unconscious persons. They had fainted near the staircase after inhaling smoke. All the electric bikes in the showroom were demolished,” she stated.
Minister T Srinivas Yadav also examined the scene and declared that the injured were receiving the best care at top private hospitals – Apollo and Yashoda – and that the government would cover their expenditures until they were discharged.
At Gandhi Hospital, an autopsy is being performed on the deceased. The minister stated that the government will also arrange for the return of the deceased to their homes. The Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, who visited the scene, urged a comprehensive investigation into the incident and sought to punish the responsible parties.
