Three of Family Charred to Death in Madhya Pradesh Blaze

Locals said that the fire broke out in the residential apartment at Kailash Nagar of Bahodapur police station area of Gwalior city. By the time the local fire brigade and SDRF personnel reached the spot, the dry fruit trader and his two daughters were charred to death in the blaze.

Gwalior: In a tragic incident, a dry fruit trader and his two daughters were burnt to death in a fire which broke out in a residential house in Kailash Nagar of Bahodapur police station area of Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, an official said. The deceased have been identified as Vijay Gupta and his daughters Yashika and Anushka.

According to locals, victim Vijay Gupta's neighbor Anil Kushwaha was the first came to report the fire in the former's house at midnight. Anil raised an alarm in the locality after which locals rushed to the spot to douse the flames with water, but the blaze was too intense that it could not be extinguished. The locals accordingly informed that fire and emergency department after which SDRF and fire brigade rushed to the spot to douse the flames. With hectic efforts of the firefighters, the flames were brought under control. However, by the time the fire was put out, Vijay Gupta, his daughters Yashika and Anushka died after being burnt alive in the fire, an official said.

While the actual cause of the fire was not immediately known, locals suspect short circuit to have triggered the fire. According to locals, the power supply to Kailash Nagar was interrupted since Wednesday evening and was restored at around midnight when most of them were sleeping. This is when the short circuit is believed to have triggered the fire.

The deceased dry fruit trader lived at the upper floor of the building and his warehouse was on the second floor of the same building. On getting information about the incident, Superintendent of Police Dharamveer Singh also reached the spot on Thursday morning as part of the probe into the incident.