Bhopal: Twelve people were killed and four others injured in two separate fire incidents during celebration of Diwali festival in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday.
The two incidents occurred in the districts of Katni and Seoni in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
In the fire incident in Katni, an infant was found charred in his deceased mother’s lap.
Six members of a family perished when fire broke out in a crockery shop, being operated on the third floor of a house in Katni district, police said.
Two others were injured in the incident.
The inferno, triggered by a firecracker, engulfed the three-storied house in no moment, trapping the members of the family, who were residing in the third-floor of the house, police said.
While six people were charred to death, two others escaped with serious burn injuries.
The incident occurred at around 12.30 am in Bahri town in the district, Katni district collector Ashis Tiwari said.
In the other incident, six members of a goldsmith family died when their house in Chappara town in Seon district caught fire, police said.
Two others were injured in the incident.
The incident occurred at around 4.30 am, police said.
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav expressed shock and sorrow over the tragic deaths of 12 people in the fire incidents and declared an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh each to the next kin of the deceased.
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