A factory in Ningbo of China was on fire. A worker who had already escaped from the fire rushed back just to retrieve his phone and ended up with fire all over him.
The accident happened on Monday in the factory of Ningbo Hong Kai Craft company. Due to the fierce fire, many workers had fled for their lives. Suddenly, a worker got back into the blazing factory to look for his mobile phone and emerged with fire all over his body. Other workers immediately helped douse his body with fire extinguishers before he was sent to the hospital.
He is now in a stable condition and the fire department in China is conducting an investigation. Another worker who witnessed the incident said the injured worker had escaped unhurt, but he chose to go back for his phone.
PATNA, India (AP) — A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 20, a local fire officer said.
The fire began when a cooking gas cylinder exploded while diners were eating in the restaurant, and it soon spread into an adjacent hotel in Patna, the capital of Bihar state, said Satya Prakash, the officer.
At least 40 people were rescued from the two buildings by firefighters who doused the blaze using more than a dozen fire engines, Prakash said.
The hotel is in a congested area next to Patna's railroad station. Several vehicles parked at the hotel were gutted, Prakash said.
He said some guests in the hotel jumped from their room windows and were injured. Other details were not immediately available.
Fires are common in India, where builders and residents often flout building laws and safety codes.
In 2019, a fire caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in the Indian capital and killed 43 people. In 2022, a fire in a four-story commercial building in New Delhi killed at least 27.
Firefighters douse a fire which broke out in a restaurant and hotel near the Patna Junction railway station, in Patna, Bihar, India, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)
Firefighters douse a fire which broke out in a restaurant and hotel near the Patna Junction railway station, in Patna, Bihar, India, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)
