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Trinamool MLA Bayron Biswas Stable After Dhuliyan Guest House Fire
A fire started in a room at MLA Bayron Biswas’s guest house in Dhuliyan on Saturday morning.
Biswas was asleep when it began.
His brother said he woke after hearing someone shout.
Biswas got burns on parts of his hands and legs while trying to stop the fire.
People nearby helped take him to a private hospital.
He is being treated in the intensive care unit.
Hospital sources said he is stable and responding to treatment.
His family thinks an air conditioner may have caused the fire, but officials have not confirmed the cause.
Bayron Biswas suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out at his guest house in Dhuliyan on Saturday morning.
He was admitted to a private hospital’s ICU and was reported stable and responding to treatment.
His brother said Biswas had been sleeping and woke after hearing someone shout; he was injured while trying to put out the flames.
The family suspects an air-conditioner short circuit, but police and fire officials had not established the cause.
The fire prompted concern in political circles, and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari sought updates and wished Biswas a speedy recovery.
- Who
- Trinamool Congress MLA Bayron Biswas was injured; his family, hospital staff, police and fire officials were involved in the response.
- What
- Biswas suffered burn injuries in a guest house fire and was admitted to a private hospital’s ICU.
- Where
- Biswas’s guest house in Dhuliyan, Murshidabad district.
- When
- Saturday morning, around 11 a.m.
- Why
- The fire’s cause has not been established. His family suspects a short circuit in the air conditioner.
Key facts
- Injured
- Bayron Biswas, MLA for Sagardighi
- Condition
- Stable and responding to treatment, according to hospital sources
- Treatment
- ICU at a private hospital
- Incident time
- Around 11 a.m. on Saturday
- Location
- A first-floor room at Biswas’s guest house in Dhuliyan
- Suspected cause
- The family suspects an air-conditioner short circuit; the cause was not confirmed
- Injuries
- Burns to parts of his hands and legs; his brother said there were no deep wounds
Quotes
Milton Biswas
Bayron Biswas’s elder brother
“My brother was sleeping in the room. A short circuit in the air conditioner sparked the fire. He woke up after hearing a shout, but by then, the fire had already spread.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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