DIMAPUR: Cause of fire likely to be because of burning of fire woods in the kitchen instead of short circuit; says victims.
In an unfortunate incident that happened yesterday that is on 3rd December 2025 at Lomithi colony a fire broke out and burnt down 12 houses into ashes. While interacting with the victims, they informed us that the incident happened around 12:30pm and when the fire broke out there was just 2-3 person at home.
According to the victims they claimed that the fire might be due to the burning of fire in the kitchen to cook and it started from one of the tenant’s home. They informed us that there were all total 12 households in the compound, including the owner’s house; everything was burnt down to ashes and the victims cried out saying they could not save anything from the fire and everything was lost in the fire. The scene was a chaos and there were cries echoing everywhere.
