An 11-year-old girl was tragically killed, and two others were injured when an electric motorcycle, charging outside a house, caught fire in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam on Sunday, police said.
The fire broke out at around 2:30 am in a colony under the Industrial Area police station limits, according to officials.
The electric motorcycle, which had been plugged in outside Bhagwat Maurya’s house for charging, caught fire and spread to another vehicle, said VD Joshi, the in-charge of the Industrial Area police station.
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Joshi explained that the family had gone to sleep after plugging in the vehicle. They were awakened by smoke filling the house and quickly called the fire brigade, managing to escape. Unfortunately, Bhagwat Maurya’s granddaughter, Antra Choudhary, was unable to make it out in time and died of suffocation. Bhagwati Maurya and 12-year-old Lavanya were injured and are receiving medical treatment.
Antra, who had been staying with her grandfather, was supposed to return to her home in Vadodara (Gujarat) on Sunday morning.
A case has been filed, and the investigation is ongoing, the official added.
