Explosion in electric car while charging outside house triggers fire in Indore, 8 dead

An explosion in an electric car being charged outside a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Wednesday triggered a fire that killed eight members of a family, including two children, and injured four others, The Hindu reported.

The incident took place in Tilak Nagar’s Brajeshwari Annex Colony around 4 am, the newspaper quoted the police as saying. Twelve persons were asleep in the house at the time, police added.

Indore Zone 3 Deputy Commissioner Kumar Prateek said the fire began with a suspected short circuit in the car and quickly spread to the house’s wiring and a sports bike. The blaze intensified after two of several liquefied petroleum gas cylinders stored inside the house exploded.

“The rescue teams had a tough time getting in as the doors fitted with electronic locks got jammed due to a malfunction,” the newspaper quoted Prateek as saying.

The authorities said that the deaths were caused primarily by smoke inhalation, The Times of India reported.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh | Fire broke out in a house in the Brijeshwari Annexe residential locality in Indore. Six people have lost their lives in the incident. Rescue operations are underway. pic.twitter.com/gWw4yQyM3g— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2026

The 2.5-hour rescue operation involved personnel from the police, fire department and the State Disaster Emergency Response Force.

The deceased have been identified as Tanmay...

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