Heat wave in Bengal claims 16 lives in 3 days

June 04, 2012 21:06

The blistering heat sweeping West Bengal claimed five more lives on Monday taking the death toll to 16 in the state during the past three days with the average temperature hovering at 45 degrees celsius.

While nine died in Burdwan district, three each in Kolkata and Purulia and one in West Midnapore districts.

In Burdwan district, five died in different places of Asansole sub-division, its Sub-Divisional Officer Surojit Dutta Sharma said. Four others died in Durgapur, hospital sources said.

Three persons -- a woman and two men -- died of sunstroke in three different places in Kolkata on Monday, police said.

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