Cigarette fire caused 25-year-old man dead

Telangana |  Suryaa Desk  | Published : Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 11:18 AM

A 25-year-old man died in his service apartment in Chennai, early on Sunday morning. The police suspect that a smouldering cigarette butt was the cause of the fire. The deceased was identified as C. Bharathwaj, 25 from Telangana.According to the police, Bharathwaj had come to Chennai a few days ago and was staying in a service apartment near Mount Kailash near Saidapet Panagal Maligai, which hosts government offices. 


“Bharathwaj had worked in Germany and recently returned to India. As his father Chiranjeevi is a businessman, he came to Chennai for business,” the police said.The fire control room received a distress call at around 5.30 am and two fire engines from Saidapet and Teynampet fire stations were rushed to the spot. 


As the fire had spread from the inside of Bharathwaj’s apartment, the firemen had a hard time dousing it and had to break the windows to enter the apartment. 


“When the fire personnel doused the fire and went inside, they found the charred body of Bharathwaj on his bed,” the police said. The Saidapet police retrieved the body and sent it to the Government Royapettah hospital for post-mortem. 


“Bharathwaj was said to be under the influence of alcohol when the incident happened and he forgot to dispose of the cigarette that may have been left smouldering. The cigarette may have fallen on the bed and started the fire,” a source said.








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