AILING MAN COULDN’T MOVE
Septuagenarian killed as fire engulfs locked house
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.10.2019
A 75-year-old retired tahsildar died at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital on Saturday, a day after he suffered burns while trapped in a fire at his house in Avadi. Some of his neighbours had rescued the septuagenarian.
Police said Sankararaman, a resident of Thirumullaivoyal, stayed with his son Ramachandran who works at a private firm in the city. Sankararaman, who suffered from age-related illnesses and could not move around a lot, usually locked the house and remained indoors while his son was away at work. Police said neighbours rarely saw Sankararaman outside.
On Friday, there was a brief power outage in the neighbourhood. “Sankararaman was apparently sleeping on the sofa when the power supply was restored and may have not noticed. A spark from a faulty electrical cable might have set the sofa on fire which would have quickly engulfed the victim,” a police officer said.
Sankararaman called out for help. A few of his neighbours noticed smoke coming out of the locked house, broke open the door and rescued the elderly man. On being alerted, fire and rescue services personnel arrived and put out the fire.
He was taken to the KMCH in an ambulance and received treatment for acute burns. After his death on Saturday, the Avadi police personnel registered a case of accidental fire based on a complaint lodged by Ramachandran. Further investigations are on.
A police officer said Sankararaman was employed in the state revenue department and worked in Tiruvallur and a few other districts in various positions before retiring from the service as a tahsildar about 15 years ago.
Septuagenarian killed as fire engulfs locked house
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.10.2019
A 75-year-old retired tahsildar died at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital on Saturday, a day after he suffered burns while trapped in a fire at his house in Avadi. Some of his neighbours had rescued the septuagenarian.
Police said Sankararaman, a resident of Thirumullaivoyal, stayed with his son Ramachandran who works at a private firm in the city. Sankararaman, who suffered from age-related illnesses and could not move around a lot, usually locked the house and remained indoors while his son was away at work. Police said neighbours rarely saw Sankararaman outside.
On Friday, there was a brief power outage in the neighbourhood. “Sankararaman was apparently sleeping on the sofa when the power supply was restored and may have not noticed. A spark from a faulty electrical cable might have set the sofa on fire which would have quickly engulfed the victim,” a police officer said.
Sankararaman called out for help. A few of his neighbours noticed smoke coming out of the locked house, broke open the door and rescued the elderly man. On being alerted, fire and rescue services personnel arrived and put out the fire.
He was taken to the KMCH in an ambulance and received treatment for acute burns. After his death on Saturday, the Avadi police personnel registered a case of accidental fire based on a complaint lodged by Ramachandran. Further investigations are on.
A police officer said Sankararaman was employed in the state revenue department and worked in Tiruvallur and a few other districts in various positions before retiring from the service as a tahsildar about 15 years ago.
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