A 58-year-old differently-abled man died in a fire at a residential society in Ahmedabad’s Vejalpur on Sunday evening.
According to police and fire officials, the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Siddhi Flats, when a fire broke out on the second floor of the residential society.
According to police, the deceased has been identified as Jeevanbhai Solanki who was paralysed and bedridden.
“A fire started due to unknown reasons at Siddhi Flats around 5:30 pm. Four fire tenders from Prahladnagar fire station were rushed to the spot and the rescue process had begun. Residents from nearly all the flats were evacuated. However a victim, who was paralysed and alone in the house on the second floor, was trapped in the fire and his charred body was later found,” said a senior fire safety officer in Ahmedabad.
The fire was extinguished by 6:30 p.m., and FSL teams arrived for further investigation. The officer went on to say that the body had been sent for a post-mortem examination.