<p>Residents of Beedi colony, Azeez Sait Nagar in Mysore woke up to a tragedy on Friday. A fire followed by a gas cylinder burst had wreaked havoc on their neighbours house, killing five and seriously injuring two. <br /><br /></p>.<p>For the relatives of the deceased, the gruesome incident that occurred between 3 am and 3.30 am shook them to the core. While wails from the injured were heard from inside the burns ward at K R Hospital in the city, family members of the victims anxiously waited in the hospital. <br /><br />While some were seen crying inconsolably, some others stared mutely in no particular direction. Some had cried in agony for too long to shed another tear.<br /><br />The news of two small children, Arbia Fathima (9) and Arhan (2), being burnt alive, along with their grand father Ameer Jaan (70), mother Rizwana Banu (30) and her recently married sister Parveen Taj (27) in a span of few minutes was too devastating to fathom. <br /><br />Only three survived the fire that virtually extinguished a family. Afroz Begum, wife of Ameer Jaan and Reshma Banu, the last of their four daughters are waging a battle between life and death at the hospital.<br /><br />Afroz Begum, with 85 per cent burns was wailing meekly. Skin on most parts of her body has completely peeled off, due to the fire and the resultant cylinder blast. <br /><br />Doctors at the hospital have dismissed the chances of her survival. Reshma Banu, with burn injuries to her face, hands, chest and upper leg, too was desolate.<br /><br />Miraculous escape<br /><br />Mohammed Aijaz lost his wife and two young children in the incident. His nine year old son Mohammed Haris had a miraculous escape. He was one of the eight members who was sleeping at the house. <br /><br />“I woke up suddenly and saw that the fan had caught fire. The fire spread swiftly to the wall and I decided to run out of the house. Meanwhile, the bedroom wall collapsed and I ran away, unhurt” he said. He ran for a kilometre to Kalyanagiri and sought help from relatives to douse the fire.<br /><br />The walls of the bedroom, where the family was sleeping had collapsed during the fire. The cylinder exploded after the wall collapsed, providing room for Haris to escape unhurt.<br /><br />Background<br /><br />Ameer Jaan was living with his family at the house for more than a decade. Ameer Jaan, who was practicing traditional medicine, and Afroz Begum had four daughters and no sons. <br /><br />Three of their daughters were married, two of whom succumbed to the brutal incident. Reshma Banu, who was critically injured was working for a NGO and was the sole bread winner of the family.<br /><br />Rizwana Banu, had visited along with her three children to her parents on Thursday. Parveen Taj, another daughter, who was married fifteen days ago, too was visiting from Kollegal. All the five bodies were buried at main burial grounds, behind central jail on Friday.<br /><br />Tragedy recurs<br /><br />Eversince the July 2009 incident (communal clashes), Udayagiri, has not witnessed any gruesome incidents. Friday’s tragedy brings to fore the area’s susceptibility to major crime incidents and its troubled past. <br /><br />Vigil<br /><br />The area in N R constituency is a hub of criminal activities, forcing the police to keep continued vigil over it. In 2009 alone, there were two major incidents involving two religious communities, resulting in the death of three people.<br /><br /> Following the incident in July 2009, Section 144 had been clamped in the area for two days.<br /><br /> Also, in December 2012, around 35 autos in Azeez Sait Nagar had been mysteriously gutted.<br /><br /> The reasons for the incident is still very vague.<br /><br />Police say that the present incident does not warrant any security measure, as no problems are foreseen.<br /></p>
<p>Residents of Beedi colony, Azeez Sait Nagar in Mysore woke up to a tragedy on Friday. A fire followed by a gas cylinder burst had wreaked havoc on their neighbours house, killing five and seriously injuring two. <br /><br /></p>.<p>For the relatives of the deceased, the gruesome incident that occurred between 3 am and 3.30 am shook them to the core. While wails from the injured were heard from inside the burns ward at K R Hospital in the city, family members of the victims anxiously waited in the hospital. <br /><br />While some were seen crying inconsolably, some others stared mutely in no particular direction. Some had cried in agony for too long to shed another tear.<br /><br />The news of two small children, Arbia Fathima (9) and Arhan (2), being burnt alive, along with their grand father Ameer Jaan (70), mother Rizwana Banu (30) and her recently married sister Parveen Taj (27) in a span of few minutes was too devastating to fathom. <br /><br />Only three survived the fire that virtually extinguished a family. Afroz Begum, wife of Ameer Jaan and Reshma Banu, the last of their four daughters are waging a battle between life and death at the hospital.<br /><br />Afroz Begum, with 85 per cent burns was wailing meekly. Skin on most parts of her body has completely peeled off, due to the fire and the resultant cylinder blast. <br /><br />Doctors at the hospital have dismissed the chances of her survival. Reshma Banu, with burn injuries to her face, hands, chest and upper leg, too was desolate.<br /><br />Miraculous escape<br /><br />Mohammed Aijaz lost his wife and two young children in the incident. His nine year old son Mohammed Haris had a miraculous escape. He was one of the eight members who was sleeping at the house. <br /><br />“I woke up suddenly and saw that the fan had caught fire. The fire spread swiftly to the wall and I decided to run out of the house. Meanwhile, the bedroom wall collapsed and I ran away, unhurt” he said. He ran for a kilometre to Kalyanagiri and sought help from relatives to douse the fire.<br /><br />The walls of the bedroom, where the family was sleeping had collapsed during the fire. The cylinder exploded after the wall collapsed, providing room for Haris to escape unhurt.<br /><br />Background<br /><br />Ameer Jaan was living with his family at the house for more than a decade. Ameer Jaan, who was practicing traditional medicine, and Afroz Begum had four daughters and no sons. <br /><br />Three of their daughters were married, two of whom succumbed to the brutal incident. Reshma Banu, who was critically injured was working for a NGO and was the sole bread winner of the family.<br /><br />Rizwana Banu, had visited along with her three children to her parents on Thursday. Parveen Taj, another daughter, who was married fifteen days ago, too was visiting from Kollegal. All the five bodies were buried at main burial grounds, behind central jail on Friday.<br /><br />Tragedy recurs<br /><br />Eversince the July 2009 incident (communal clashes), Udayagiri, has not witnessed any gruesome incidents. Friday’s tragedy brings to fore the area’s susceptibility to major crime incidents and its troubled past. <br /><br />Vigil<br /><br />The area in N R constituency is a hub of criminal activities, forcing the police to keep continued vigil over it. In 2009 alone, there were two major incidents involving two religious communities, resulting in the death of three people.<br /><br /> Following the incident in July 2009, Section 144 had been clamped in the area for two days.<br /><br /> Also, in December 2012, around 35 autos in Azeez Sait Nagar had been mysteriously gutted.<br /><br /> The reasons for the incident is still very vague.<br /><br />Police say that the present incident does not warrant any security measure, as no problems are foreseen.<br /></p>