Bengaluru, Nov 12: Two children died of asphyxiation after fire broke out inside their locked house at Basapura Main Road in Electronics City in Bengaluru on Sunday, when their parents were away at work.
The deceased are Sajan (5) and his sister Lakshmi (2). The parents, Devendra and Roopasi, hail from Nepal and had come to the city three years ago. Devendra is employed as a security personnel at a nearby apartment while Roopasi works as a maid. They stayed in a rented house, located on the ground floor of a four-storey building.
Around 10.30 am on Sunday, the couple had to leave for work and locked the main door and closed the windows to prevent the children from venturing out.
When Roopasi got back home around 11.30 am, she noticed smoke emitting from inside. Amid the thick black smoke, she found Sajan and Lakshmi lying unconscious on the floor, while the house was partially burnt. Roopasi shifted them to Narayana Hrudayalaya, where doctors declared them brought dead.
The police suspect that Sajan may have lit a matchstick soon after his parents left for work and the mattress caught fire. As the front door and windows were locked, the children had no way to escape and asphyxiated. The bodies were shifted to St John's hospital for postmortem. The Electronics City police are investigating.
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Very sad news. Parents should be extra careful while leaving innocents at home and going out. there should be ventuilation arrangement and some care taker should be there. Parents should leave their children under someone's care while go out for some work. Its really unfortunate. My heaftfull condolence to the parents of the kids. May God bless them with patience.
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