One killed, several injured, properties damaged as LPG tanker explodes

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September 1, 2015

Karwar, Sep 1: A woman was killed and 16 people were injured after a BPCL tanker transporting liquified petroleum gas (LPG) fell into a ditch and gas leaked from it, leading to a major fire, at Bargi village in the taluk on Tuesday. The incident occurred on national highway-17.

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The deceased is Nagaveni Jetti Patagar, 84. She died of severe burns on the way to the hospital. The woman had come to her daughter’s house in Bargi. Her body will be taken to Haveri for cremation, her son said. Nagaveni’s daughter Jayashri, son-in-law and two sons also suffered grievous injuries.

Of the injured, the condition of eight is said to be serious. Five of the injured belong to a single family and four others to another single family. Gas leaked out of the tanker - on its way from Mangaluru to Solapur in Maharashtra - as soon as it fell into the 10-foot ditch at around 5.50 am. The gas then spread in an area of 400 sq metres.

When the gas stove in one of the houses was lit, there was a huge fire which spread to houses in the area, injuring several residents critically. Bhatkal Assistant Commissioner Chidanand Vitari told media persons that 14 of the 16 injured have been admitted to the burns ward of the Kasturba Medical College hospital in Manipal.

Around 12 houses have been badly damaged in the incident. Police have cordoned off the area and sent people to safer places. Paddy crops and trees in a radius of 300 metres of the accident spot were completely burnt.

Vehicular traffic was stopped on the highway between 7 am and 3 pm, as there was a possibility of the tanker exploding. This led to a piling up of vehicles on the busy road. Train traffic was also stopped on the nearby Konkan Railway stretch as a precautionary measure.

K?G?Devaraj, the additional superintendent of police, said that the fire had been brought under control. Steps had been taken to shift the burnt tanker from the spot, he said.

Kumta Assistant Commissioner Shobha that the area had many houses, but people in only seven to eight houses had been injured.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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March 28,2024

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Mangaluru, Mar 28: A fish meal factory in the Baikampady Industrial area in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire incident on Thursday, officials said.

The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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March 27,2024

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Gokarna (Uttara Kannada): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress will decide about making him the Chief Minister in future, bringing to the fore again the issue of leadership change.

There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the Chief Minister's post after the Assembly election results in May last year, and the Congress had managed to convince the latter and made him the Deputy Chief Minister.

There were some reports at the time that a compromise had been reached based on a "rotational Chief Minister formula," according to which Shivakumar will become CM after two-and-half years but they have not been officially confirmed by the party.

During a temple visit here, a priest prayed that God's blessings may be showered on Shivakumar, and he became the Chief Minister.

Speaking to reporters here in Uttara Kannada district, Shivakumar, who has in the past made no secret of his ambition to become Chief Minister, amid speculations of change in guard mid-way of the Assembly term, responded to talk in some political circles about the leadership issue.

"What's wrong if a priest expresses his desire before God while praying? The priest has expressed his desire. Now Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister, I'm working as Deputy Chief Minister under him, also as party's state President. People speak about it and desiring it (Shivakumar should become CM) is a different matter, it will be decided by our party," Shivakumar said.

"Now we are all working under the leadership of Siddaramaiah, and our desire is that the state should progress further under his leadership," he said.

"There will be people including supporters and priests, who pray for us, they will express their opinion. Can we stop them from doing it? At the temple it is between God and his disciple, they have expressed their feelings to God," Shivakumar added. 

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