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Friday, April 26, 2013

Coimbatore office complex blaze -Thursday April 25,2013


A massive fire at an office complex on the arterial Avinashi Road in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday April 25,2013 killed four persons.The commercial complex has nine offices, including those of Axis Bank, ICICI Lombard, Sharekhan (a sharebroking firm) and a firm dealing in computer peripherals

According to eyewitnesses, thick smoke started billowing from the third floor around 9.25 a.m. and security personnel alerted the staff in all the offices to leave the building

Police identified the deceased as R. Keerthana (22), a receptionist, Sri Lakshmi (30), working with a share-broking firm and Vijayalakshmi (50) and Margaret Mary (55), both housekeepers. The bodies were charred by the time they were retrieved.

Nine persons were injured. Suganya (27) and Jeevitha alias Jeevalakshmi (24) suffered fractures in the leg when they jumped off the third floor

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