95-year-old woman dies after bed catches fire in third-floor room in Indore

A fire broke out in the bed of a room on the third floor of a house in the Hiranagar police station area of Indore on Monday night. A 95-year-old woman died of burns in the fire. The fire started at around 11.30 pm. The woman was asleep in the room at the time, and the door of the room was open.

According to station in-charge Kamal Kishore Sharma, the incident took place in New Gayatri Nagar (MR-10). The deceased has been identified as Gulabai, 95, wife of Ramsahay Nagaria. She lived in a room on the third floor of the house, while tenants live on the first and second floors.

Gulabai's son Deepak told police that he lives downstairs with his wife Mamta. According to Deepak, he usually slept near his mother at night. He saw smoke rising during the night and went up to the third floor. By then his mother's feet had been badly burnt.

Police took her to hospital in a critical condition, but she died during treatment. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.

Deepak suspected that a spark from a firecracker outside may have fallen on the bed. The station in-charge said initial information indicated that the fire first caught the mat. Because the mat contained plastic, the fire spread, and the elderly woman's feet were burnt in it.

Police reached the spot on being informed, and forensic experts also examined the site. However, no firecracker was found at the spot during the examination. Police are now looking into the causes of the fire.

Police are examining the firecracker angle along with other facts connected with the sequence of events, keeping other possibilities in mind alongside an accident. According to police, the cause of death and the circumstances of the fire are currently being investigated.