4 including 2 children killed in Morena fire, blast, 7 injured: MP Police

The Morena police said four people died on the spot and seven others were taken to hospital with injuries.

Published on: Oct 20, 2022, 14:42:39 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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BHOPAL/MORENA: Four people including two children were killed and seven people injured in an explosion in their rented home in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, part of which was used to store firecrackers, police said.

The Morena police said it was unclear if the explosion reported in the Banmore fire was on account of stored firecrackers or a gas cylinder (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The incident took place in Banmore area of Morena, 400km from state capital Bhopal, at about 11am. The house where the

Morena superintendent of police Ashutosh Bagri said the four were identified as Pappu Mawai, 45, Anno Khan, 35, and her two children, Joya and Nafeez. They died on the spot and seven other people have been taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Police said the victims lived in a rented house of a former sarpanch in Jaitpura village.

Bagri said one of the victims told the police that his wife was cooking when the incident took place. It is not clear if the fire started from their kitchen and spread to other parts of the house where firecrackers were stored.

The cause of the fire is still not clear, he said, adding that portions of the house also collapsed due to the impact.

It is yet to be determined if the explosion was due to the gas cylinder or the firecrackers.

(Inputs from Shiv Pratap Singh from Morena)

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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