Cherp: A fifty-nine-year-old man collapsed and died when he set fire to old items in his own field and saw the fire spreading to the next field. Pootharakal Korappath Velayudhan (59) died. The incident happened around 10 am on Sunday.
The remnants of the construction of a new house near the Perincheri Manavankot temple were burnt. The fire spread to the forested grass in the field of Jose, a native of Ollur, next door. The police said that he saw the fire and started making noise and then collapsed.
The locals took him to a private hospital in Kurkancheri but could not be saved. Locals extinguished the burning of about one acre of grass and other things. The fire brigade also arrived. Death can be due to smoke inhalation or cardiac arrest. The police said that it will be clear only after the post-mortem. Wife: Baby. Children: Divya and Bhavya.