Meerut Fire Tragedy

April 10, 2006 19:37 IST

At least 50 people, mostly women, were feared killed on Monday evening in a major fire accident in Meerut, 65 km from Delhi.

42 persons who were injured in the incident have been rushed to four different hospitals in the city while 31 bodies are awaiting post mortem in the medical college mortuary before being handed over to their relatives.

A public place, a pendal without appropriate fire safety measures... It was not nature's fury.. It was a man's mistake..