Six-year-old boy in Virar suffers 60 per cent burns after touching wire

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A six-year-old in Virar suffered 60 per cent burns after coming in contact with a live wire in his society. Anish Mourya was trying to retrieve his ball from a roof on Tuesday, a Times of India report read.

Anish was playing on the first floor of the common balcony of Gangai building, when the ball landed on a shade of the shop below. While retrieving his ball from the shade, Anish came in contact with the live wire. He was then rushed to a nearby hospital and later shifted to Sion hospital.

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