PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for those killed in the Hyderabad fire

State head Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he is tormented by the deficiency of lives because of an awful fire in Hyderabad and reported an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the closest relative of the perished.

Eleven traveler laborers were scorched to death in a significant fire mishap at a piece godown in Hyderabad in the early long stretches of Wednesday.

The expired specialists, all hailing from Bihar, were resting in a room built over the godown at Bhoiguda when the episode occurred, fire and police authorities said.

"Tormented by the deficiency of lives because of a heartbreaking fire in Bhoiguda, Hyderabad. My considerations are with the dispossessed families in this hour of misery," Prime Minister Modi was cited as saying by his office.

"An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the closest relative of the perished," he said.