AC fire in a shop and home building, Jaithra, May 2026
On the morning of 22 May 2026, a short circuit in an air conditioner started a fire in a three-storey building in Jaithra town, with a cosmetics shop below and a home above. A woman was badly burned, a police officer was hurt, and the family put its loss at over one crore rupees. A crew from Aliganj took about two hours to control it.

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