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Fire Accidents

Fire Accident for the Year-2001

Sl. No.	Name of the District	No. of fire accidents during the year	No. of Villages affected	Period of Occurance	No. of Houses Gutted	No. of Families affected	No. of Casualties
Sl. No.	Name of the District	No. of fire accidents during the year	No. of Villages affected	Period of Occurance	No. of Houses Gutted	No. of Families affected	Human	Cattle
1	Angul	230	71	2001-2002	363	171		1
2	Balasore	475	324	do	801	539
3	Bargarh	21	21	do	76	76
4	Bhadrak	173	315	do	646	428
5	Bolangir	80	73	do	76	286
6	Boudh	75	75	do	2046	493	1	12
7	Cuttack	128	285	do	532	204
8	Deogarh	16	16	do	21	18
9	Dhenkanal	272	230	do	2218	651		10
10	Gajapati	54	54	do	440	345
11	Ganjam	-	-	do	-	-
12	Jajpur	75	182	do	585	833		4
13	Jharsuguda	19	16	do	25	19
14	Jagatsinghpur	135	135	do	436	259
15	Kalahandi	-	-	do	48	-
16	Kandhamal	129	129	do	199	171
17	Kendrapara	342	272	do	536	405
18	Keonjhar	39	146	do	405	260
19	Khordha	62	224	do	996	773
20	Koraput	176	122	do	-	190	1
21	Malkanagiri	31	87	do	125	200
22	Mayurbhanj	62	62	do	118	84
23	Nawarangpur	123	123	do	307	345
24	Nayagarh	247	645	do	2621	-
25	Nuapara	19	19	do	24	21
26	Puri	335	296	do	746	747	2	2
27	Rayagada	48	48	do	178	277	2	254
28	Sambalpur	47	40	do	148	78
29	Sonepur	63	63	do	549	344		2
30	Sundergarh	7	7	do	1601	-
Total		3483	4080		16866		6	285

Source: Special Relief Commissioner website