East Godavari Fire

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  Temple Chariot Catches Fire In Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari District

  A chariot of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in East Godavari district caught fire in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday.

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  Train From Bengaluru Catches Fire, Many Trains In Andhra Pradesh Delayed

  A fire broke out in the pantry of a running train late at night in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district. The staff separated the pantry car, stopping the fire from spreading to the other bogies of the train.

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  Andhra Pradesh Cracker Factory Mishap: Investigators Probing Whether Unit Had License

  The toll in the fire incident at the firecracker in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has risen to 17, which includes 14 women. As investigators probe whether the unit had been given licence to operate this year, it is not clear what caused the fire that gave no one a chance to escape.

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  11 Killed in Huge Fire at Fireworks Factory in Andhra Pradesh

  Eleven people - nine women and two men - are reported killed in a huge fire at an Andhra Pradesh factory which makes fireworks. Six others, including the owner, have reportedly been injured.

• Pipeline Fire: Jagan Demands Compensation of Rupees One Crore

  YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday demanded that Rs 1 crore be paid in compensation to each of the kin of 17 persons who lost their lives in the deadly blast and fire due to gas leakage in Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

• GAIL Pipeline Fire: CPI Demands Probe into Possibility of 'Sabotage'

  CPI yesterday demanded that Union government should constitute a high-level technical expert committee to probe into the gas pipeline fire at Nagaram village in East Godavari district.

• Chandrababu Naidu Rushes to Andhra Pradesh After GAIL Pipeline Accident

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has cut short his Delhi visit to rush back to his state where a blast and fire in a gas pipeline killed 14 people on Friday morning.

• Blaze destroys shanties of fishermen in Andhra Pradesh

  As many as 200 thatched houses belonging to fishermen were gutted in fire in Dummulapeta area in Kakinada town in Andhra Pradesh, police said today.

• Girl set on fire by youth in Andhra Pradesh

  An 18-year-old girl was set on fire by a youth at her house on the Venumadha Swamy temple street in Pithapuram town of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

• Man allegedly sets mother on fire after she refuses him Rs 10

  25-year-old man today allegedly set ablaze his mother when she refused to give him Rs 10 to purchase an item in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

• Three killed in fire cracker unit explosion in Andhra Pradesh

  Two women and a child were charred to death and four others were injured in an explosion in a fire-crackers manufacturing unit in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh this afternoon.

• Fire officer held for accepting bribe of Rs 7500

  A Fire Station Officer was today arrested from East Godavari district by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 7500 for returning an official favour.

• 180 thatched houses destroyed in fire mishap

  Nearly 180 thatched houses were reduced to ashes in a major fire today at Pallam village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless, police said. However, no casualties have been reported in the mishap as of now.

• Four injured in police firing near East Godavari

  Four people have been injured and nearly 30 vehicles were set on fire in a part of Puducherry that borders the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The police reportedly opened fire this morning on a group of protesters taking on a private company in the area over labour issues.