Jajpur: A woman and her son got electrocuted to death after they came in contact with a live electric wire in their neighbourhood while rushing to rescue a man next-door whose house had caught fire owing to short circuit late Saturday night.
The tragic mishap occurred at Nalipur village under Balichandrapur police limits in Jajpur district.
According to sources, the deceased mother was identified as Chand Biwi and her son as Wasim. The house of an immediate neighbour Sara Biwi caught fire late at night. After hearing screams of the distressed family, the mother and son duo woke up and rushed to their rescue.
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However, the duo came in contact with a live electric wire which was hanging at a low height and got killed on the spot.
A team comprising fire personnel from Chandikhol and Balichandrapur police rushed to the mishap site. The fire personnel doused the flames after striving for over an hour. Later, the bodies of the mother and son were recovered by the fire-fighting team.
A pall of gloom descended the locality after the two unnatural deaths, a Nalipur villager expressed.
PNN