A man named Damodar Lohra was burnt to death while his friend Amar Tigga was seriously injured when a fire broke out in an outhouse under the bariyatu police station area of the city on Thursday night. Tigga has been admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, a resident of the house Bilasi Devi said the victims were sitting before the heater when she went to another room to bring their dinner when both of them suddenly started shouting. She rushed back to see the entire room filled with smoke, and the officer incharge of the local police station, Gyan Ranjan, said prima facie a short circuit seems to be the cause of the fire. The electricity board is also burnt.
