A massive blaze at a house in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, claimed four lives, including two children, on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at a house in the Nayapura area of the city around 4:30 AM. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot and controlled the fire, but the family of four had already died.
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh: Early this morning, a massive fire broke out in a house in the Nayapura area of the city. Firefighters arrived at the scene managed to bring the blaze under control. Four members of the same family lost their lives pic.twitter.com/Nit0gLXXik
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The blaze engulfed the house owned by a man named Madan Solanki. Upon receiving the information, three fire engines from the municipal corporation rushed to the scene and worked to bring the fire under control.
The fire claimed the lives of four people due to asphyxiation. The deceased have been identified as Dinesh Carpenter (35), his wife Gayatri Carpenter (30), and their children Ishika (10) and Chirag (7). Dinesh and his family lived on the second floor of the house, while the ground floor was being used as a dairy. The first floor was unoccupied. Preliminary investigations suggest the fire may have started in the dairy, though the exact cause remains unknown.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh | A fire broke out at a house in the Nayapura area of Dewas, during early hours. Fire tenders present at the spot.
Manju Yadav, Police Station Incharge, Nahar Darwaja PS says, “Four people have died in the incident…Further investigation is… pic.twitter.com/AWIphNcvvl
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Dewas Superintendent of Police (SP), Puneet Gehlot, stated that a patrolling officer on duty informed the fire department and the police control room about the fire. Firefighters reached the scene shortly and extinguished the flames.
Upon entering the house after the fire was doused, the police discovered that all four family members had died. SP Gehlot confirmed that a case has been registered, and the matter is under investigation.
Speaking to ABP News, SP Puneet Gehlot said the deaths are likely to have resulted from suffocation, as the victims’ bodies were not severely burned. “The family might have been unable to escape due to being in deep sleep. The exact cause of death will only be determined after the postmortem reports are released,” Gehlot said.
A forensic team has been deployed to investigate the cause of the fire. SP Gehlot noted that since the fire originated on the ground floor while the family was on the second floor, a thorough examination is necessary. The team is working to ascertain whether a cylinder explosion triggered the fire. Additionally, the presence of flammable materials on the first floor may have quickened the spread of the fire to the upper levels.
(With inputs from Vikram Singh Jat, ABP News.)
