April 06, 2018 01:18 am | Updated 01:18 am IST - CHENNAI
One more victim of the Kurangani forest fire died at a private hospital here around 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 23.
The hospital sources said the victim, Swetha, 28, was admitted on March 22 with 60% burn injuries. She had been critical and in the intensive care unit.
On March 26, another young woman, also a victim of the forest fire, had died at the hospital.
Two groups of trekkers – one from Chennai and another from Erode – were caught in the forest fire on March 11.
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