TN ministers give Rs.2 lakh compensation to kin of Sivakasi fire victims

In Tamil Nadu, State Ministers RB Udayakumar and Rajendra Balaji gave 2 lakh rupees compensation each to the families of eight persons killed in the fire accident in Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district.

Eight persons including six women were killed yesterday as fire spread into medical scan centre when firecrackers were being offloaded to godown from a mini lorry in Sivakasi. District Collector Sivagnanam said that the death was only due to suffocation as thick fumes engulfed the scan centre.

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tragedy in medical scan centre in Sivakasi has raised questions about precautionary measures made in shops and scan centres to escape from fire hazard. Police said that there was only one exit for the scan centre as rooms had sensitive scan machines. Six staff members and two persons who came for diagnosis were suffocated to death because of thick smoke.

Police inquiry is being made to find how firecracker godown functioned in a public place and adjacent to medical scan centre. Thirteen persons were saved and are undergoing treatment in Sivakasi government hospital. More than 20 vehicles were damaged in the fire cracker accident.