Massive blaze kills 11 at scrap godown in Secunderabad

Secunderabad: Eleven migrant workers haling 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. — PTI