The fire spread to two-wheelers parked there and burned the entire two-story building. Police said the severity was high as no measures were taken to prevent the fire. Ansar Patel, the owner of the building, was arrested by the police for non-compliance with the standards. Police have registered a case and are investigating whether the accident was due to negligence. Police said the victims were in a deep sleep and could not get out as the blaze spread. The process of identifying the dead is ongoing.
More than a dozen two-wheelers and an SUV were torched in the basement in the crash. Due to this the intensity is high. The flames exploded with huge noises as they caught fire. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed shock over the fire. He expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims. “I pray to God to give peace to their souls in the event of an accident … to give family members the strength to endure this grief and for the injured to recover quickly,” the CM tweeted. Authorities were advised to provide better treatment to the injured. The families of the victims were assured that the government would take care of them in all possible ways.
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