One charred to death

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
Last Updated : Apr 19 2014 | 11:11 AM IST
One person was charred to death
and two houses gutted in two different villages in Mizoram.
Lalsiamkima Ralte (28) died while trying to put out forest fire on Thursday near south Mizoram's Buarpui village in Lunglei district.
A house was completely gutted yesterday in Mizoram-Myanmar border Khawzawl village while another house was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday in south Mizoram's Haulawng village in Lunglei district.
No one was killed on injured in the incidents while the two families lost everything in the fire.
Meanwhile, a forest fire was raging near the Mizoram-Bangladesh border Tlabung town ravaging private lands and forest areas and destroying crops.
Volunteers from Tlabung and surrounding villages were yet to be able to put out the inferno.
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First Published: Apr 19 2014 | 11:11 AM IST

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