Itanagar, Nov. 12 -- Four members of a family, including three minors, were killed when a fire swept through the remote Parsi-Parlo township in Arunachal Pradesh's Kurung Kumey district in the early hours of Thursday, damaging 24 houses and leaving several families homeless.
The fire broke out around 2 am. Of the 24 houses affected, 19 were completely gutted, while five sustained partial damage, according to preliminary information provided by the District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO), Kurung Kumey.
The deceased were identified as Dongda Yanu, an adult woman, and her three children - Dongda Karsang, Dongda Maji and Dongda Amji. Her husband, Dongda Taji, sustained critical injuries in the incident and was the only surviving member of...