Gulzar Houz fire incident, Telangana govt announces Rs. 5 lakh ex gratia

The State government has announced an ex gratia of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the victims in the Gulzar Houz fire accident.

This was after Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, along with Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha, visited the families of the victims at the Osmania Hospital mortuary.

Expressing grief over the death of 17 people in the Gulzar Houz fire incident, Bhatti Vikramarka said the State



government would release an ex gratia of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the deceased. According to preliminary investigation, the fire appears to have been caused due a short circuit. 

The Fire Department rescued 17 trapped individuals and shifted them to the hospital. A total of 12 vehicles were deployed in the rescue operation, including 11 fire engines and one fire-fighting robot. The operation involved 17 fire officials and 70 personnel, who worked to control the spread of the fire, he said.