Chennai: Apartment catches fire; four dead, five severely injured

Chennai: At least four persons, including two minors, were suffocated to death and five others were severely burnt due to fumes in an apartment fire here in early morning on Monday.

The injured were immediately rushed to nearby hospital where then doctors stated that their condition is stable.

According to the police, "The fire broke out at the apartment in Vadapalani around 4.45 a.m. and several two wheelers that were parked on the ground floor caught fire."

Thick black fumes bellowed upwards suffocating to death four persons -Selvi (30), Meenakshi (60), Shalini (10) and Sanjay (4).

• The cause of the incident was yet not known. Police are investigating the case.
• Forensic team and police officials were immediately rushed to inspect the accident site.