Datia, Madhya Pradhesh: Family's House Catches Fire, 3 Succumb To Burn Injuries

A couple and their minor daughter were charred to death after their house was engulfed in a fire which erupted in a heap of garbage near their dwelling in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening at Tigru village under Lanch police station limits, an official said, adding the couple's minor son was seriously injured in the blaze.

A garbage dump lying under a high-tension electricity line behind the house caught fire due to a short-circuit. The fire then spread to the house of the victims, Lanch Police Station in-charge Shweta Sikarwar said.

As soon as flames were seen coming out of the house, people from nearby areas immediately reached the spot and extinguished the fire. The villagers somehow took out the family members trapped inside the house and took them to the hospital. The family was badly burnt in the fire.

The house owner, Viru Karan (37), didn't survive the fire and perished before he could even reach the hospital.
Viru's wife Saraswati Karan (34) and their daughter Nidhi (9) succumbed to burn injuries during treatment on Tuesday night, the official said.

The couple's seven-year-old son Ram is still alive, but suffered serious burn injuries and was undergoing treatment at the district hospital, she said.