7 people burnt alive, 11 injured in massive fire in Indore building
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), 7th May 2022: At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured in a massive fire that broke out in a three-storey residential building in Indore, Madhya Pradesh in the early hours of Saturday. A senior police officer gave this information.
According to Vijay Nagar police station in-charge Tehzeeb Qazi, bodies of seven people were pulled out of a fire-affected residential building in Indore’s Swarn Bagh Colony, while 11 others were sent to the hospital in an injured condition. He said that the fire started due to a short circuit in the electric meter and it first engulfed the vehicles parked in the parking lot of the building.
According to the Qazi, most of the people who died in the fire died due to suffocation from the smoke. He said the fire has been brought under control and a detailed investigation is on into the matter.
