Four families were displaced after two separate fire incidents in Shillong and Porsohsat, Nongstoiñ today. No injuries were reported.
In Shillong, the fire broke out at Masjid Road (Krep Sing Swer Road) in Laban at around 10 am which overwhelmed three semi permanent dwellings inhabited by three families housing 11 persons in all.
The affected include Rajkumar Rajak, Sangeetha Devi, Rohit Kumar Rajak, Neha Kumari, Neetu Kumari, Sukul Roy, Bahadur Kumar Sing, Raja Kumar, Methalesh Kumari, Rishi Kumar and Mukesh Kumar.
Meanwhile, soon after hearing of this incident, volunteers of the Meghalaya Chapter of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRC) reached the affected location and immediately provide relief support so as to prevent further injury and damage till such time as the fire and emergency services teams arrived which did not take long from the time of the SOS call to 108.
According to the volunteers the fire is believed to have emanated from one of the houses where something was cooking, yet the flames engulfed almost everything leaving the victims practically homeless.
The IRC team also handed over a set of 16 utility items which included tarpaulins, blankets, kitchen utensils, bathroom wares and hygiene kits, pots and pans, plates and cups etc.
In Porsohsat, the fire incident took place at around 2:30 pm leaving the couple Phulbak Wahlang and Bibilis Lyndoh Lyngkhoi homeless.
