{"id":115765,"date":"2026-05-03T01:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/indian-origin-man-in-critical-condition-after-saving-sister-in-australian-restaurant-fire-70-percent-of-his-entire-body-burnt\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:13:49","slug":"indian-origin-man-in-critical-condition-after-saving-sister-in-australian-restaurant-fire-70-percent-of-his-entire-body-burnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/indian-origin-man-in-critical-condition-after-saving-sister-in-australian-restaurant-fire-70-percent-of-his-entire-body-burnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian-origin man in critical condition after saving sister in Australian restaurant fire: &#8217;70 percent of his entire body burnt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\">(Source: 7News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221;\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Indian-origin man is in critical condition after he suffered serious burns while saving his sister from a restaurant fire in Australia&#8217;s Adelaide Hills.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Baljeet Singh, 47, is being treated in the burns unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after suffering burns to about 70 per cent of his body in the fire that broke out at the Mustard Seed restaurant in Hahndorf on Tuesday night.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Family members said Singh acted without hesitation when a fire suddenly broke out inside the compound, Australia Today reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>His brother-in-law Inderjeet Singh told 7News that when the flames spread in the building, Baljeet pushed his sister Satbir away.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Indrajit said, &#8220;My brother-in-law&#8230; I got very angry at him and he saved my wife. He is a brave man.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>According to the family, the couple had gone inside the restaurant after hearing an unusual sound when suddenly flames started rising.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Indrajit said: &#8220;Suddenly a big fire lit up&#8230; He pushed my wife and he got burnt to a great extent, and my wife also got burnt.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Baljeet Singh has undergone emergency surgery as doctors continue efforts to stabilize his condition. His relatives described his injuries as extremely serious and said they were hopeful of his recovery.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The family said, &#8220;His entire skin is burnt&#8230; his entire body is 70 per cent burnt. He is a tough man and we are praying for him.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The family is grappling with the trauma while also battling online rumors that they were involved in setting the fire.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Indrajit said, &#8220;I am very saddened by the rumors and speculations.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>He further said, &#8220;It is really devastating because right now we are going through a lot of pain and mental pressure.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Mustard Seed Restaurant owners said the establishment is more than a business, calling it a second home built on memories and regular customers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>South Australian police are still investigating the cause of the fire. The family have also raised concerns that the fire may be suspicious and have urged anyone with information or CCTV footage to assist investigators.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: 7News) &#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; fetchpriority=&#8221;high&#8221;\/> An Indian-origin man is in critical condition after he suffered serious burns while saving his sister from a restaurant fire in Australia&#8217;s Adelaide Hills.Baljeet Singh, 47, is being treated in the burns unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after suffering burns to about 70 per cent of his body in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[2331,1531,7844,1363,2967,8600,231,3591,682,5232,1440,982,3063],"class_list":{"0":"post-115765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-australian","9":"tag-body","10":"tag-burnt","11":"tag-condition","12":"tag-critical","13":"tag-entire","14":"tag-fire","15":"tag-indianorigin","16":"tag-man","17":"tag-percent","18":"tag-restaurant","19":"tag-saving","20":"tag-sister"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115768,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115765\/revisions\/115768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}