Five of a family burnt died at Dibrugarh

Dibrugarh: Five members of a family, including two minor died when fire engulfed in a household for cooking gas cylinder burst in the wee hours of Saturday at Niz Kodomoni near Thermal Colony of Dibrugarh. According to Dhruba Bora, ASP of the district, the cylinder was burst around 1.30 am when they were sleeping and the fire engulfed their house. They were died on the spot. The fire completely damaged the hut. The dead were identified as Maya Sonar (50), Bishal Sonar (19), Shib Sonar (5), Shankar Sonar (3) and Nunu (50), the ASP said. Senior police and district administration officials have arrived at the spot and conducting investigations into the incident. Then after, their dead bodies have been sent for post mortem examination. Regarding it, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressing his condolences to the family of the deceased and directed the district deputy commissioner to conduct an enquiry into the incident and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs. four lakh per each dead to their next of kin.