• Six family members killed in a fire at a house in Seoni district.
• Four others injured after the blaze broke out early Monday.
• The incident occurred at a goldsmith’s three-storey house in Chhapara.
• Fire brigade and rescue teams brought the fire under control; cause remains unknown.

GG News Bureau
Seoni, 9th Nov: Six members of a family, including three women and a 16-year-old boy, were killed and four others injured after a massive fire broke out at a three-storey house in Seoni fire incident in Madhya Pradesh early Monday.

The fire erupted between 4 am and 4.30 am at the residence of goldsmith Kundan Lal Soni, located near a Jain temple in Mahavir Ward of Chhapara town, police said.

Ten people were inside the house when the incident occurred. Six died, while the remaining four were evacuated, Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Apoorva Bhalavi said. She was present at the spot during the rescue operation.

Those killed have been identified as Kundan Lal Soni, 75, his wife Rajkumari Soni, 65, Ritu Soni, 42, Smriti Soni, 40, Surya Soni, 45, and Aditya Soni, 16.

Fire brigade personnel and rescue teams reached the spot and brought the blaze under control. The four injured were evacuated from the house.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Police are yet to establish what triggered the blaze, which occurred a day after Diwali.