DEHRADUN: Three labourers from Nepal, including an unidentified woman, all aged 30, who were associated with a pine resin (leesa) factory at
Syunrakot
in Almora died in the last
24 hours
after they were caught in a
forest fire
near the factory.
The deceased included Gyaneshwar Bahadur who along with the unidentified woman died on Friday. Deepak Pujara, the third worker, suffered burns and died on the spot on Thursday.
Divisional forest officer
of Almora, Deepak Singh, told TOI: “There were four labourers who were caught in the blaze.
While three of them died, the fourth injured person — a woman — is currently in hospital. We learnt they were perhaps not working in the factory, but were servants at a residence, which is located in the factory complex. An FIR has been registered in the matter and investigations are on.”
On Friday, seven separate wildfire incidents were reported across Nainital.
(Inputs from
Sonali
Mishra in Nainital)
