Hyderabad: The toll in the cooking-related fire accident in a house in East Chandranagar in Yakatpura on Tuesday rose to three with the death of a teenager, Shruti Gupta. She was undergoing treatment in a corporate hospital in Malakpet on Saturday.
Shruti, 15, was the the granddaughter of Mohan Lal, 55, and his wife Usha Devi, 51, who died in the fire mishap which was exacerbated by firecrackers stored in the house. There was a powerful explosion the firecrackers caught fire and exploded, the police said.
The incident occurred when the couple was preparing sweets on a gas stove in the balcony on the first floor of the house. The couple died due to suffocation while Shruti, who suffered serious burns, succumbed on Saturday.
Rein Bazaar inspector L Ramesh Naik said the girl’s body was handed over to the family members after an autopsy at the Osmania General Hospital (OGH) mortuary in the afternoon.
