<p>Two houses were burnt down completely in a raging fire and two persons have sustained burns in an incident that took place at Bommenahalli in Dudda hobli on Tuesday night. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Residents of the houses that were reduced to cinders, attributed the fire to short circuit that was caused during the torrential rains that hit Hassan district on Tuesday night. <br /><br />Two sons of Karigowda -- Deve Gowda and Dodde Gowda -- whose houses caught fire, lived in houses built closely to each other. <br /><br />When the houses caught fire, the residents were fast asleep and didn’t have the opportunity to safeguard anything -- be it furniture, cash, documents or gold. Members of the family said there was some cash, and about 100 gms of gold in the almirah which were reduced to ashes. <br /><br />Two of the family members, Dodde Gowda’s son Venkatesh and Manjunath have sustained serious burns injuries in the incident and are being treated at Hassan Government Hospital. <br /><br />Tahsildar K Mathai, ZP president B R Satyanarayana, Standing Committee member Dyavegowda and others visited the spot. Losses have been estimated at Rs 1.13 lakh in Dodde Gowda’s house and about Rs 2.59 lakh at Devegowda’s residence. <br /></p>
<p>Two houses were burnt down completely in a raging fire and two persons have sustained burns in an incident that took place at Bommenahalli in Dudda hobli on Tuesday night. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Residents of the houses that were reduced to cinders, attributed the fire to short circuit that was caused during the torrential rains that hit Hassan district on Tuesday night. <br /><br />Two sons of Karigowda -- Deve Gowda and Dodde Gowda -- whose houses caught fire, lived in houses built closely to each other. <br /><br />When the houses caught fire, the residents were fast asleep and didn’t have the opportunity to safeguard anything -- be it furniture, cash, documents or gold. Members of the family said there was some cash, and about 100 gms of gold in the almirah which were reduced to ashes. <br /><br />Two of the family members, Dodde Gowda’s son Venkatesh and Manjunath have sustained serious burns injuries in the incident and are being treated at Hassan Government Hospital. <br /><br />Tahsildar K Mathai, ZP president B R Satyanarayana, Standing Committee member Dyavegowda and others visited the spot. Losses have been estimated at Rs 1.13 lakh in Dodde Gowda’s house and about Rs 2.59 lakh at Devegowda’s residence. <br /></p>
