Six vehicles parked outside a house gutted in late-night fire in Indore's Nandanagar

A major fire broke out late at night in Nandanagar, in the Pardeshipura police station area of Indore. The locality is near the Janata Quarter stadium ground. About half a dozen vehicles parked outside a house suddenly caught fire, and vehicles worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes. Initially, it is suspected that Diwali fireworks, that is firecrackers, may have caused the fire.

Vishnu Kailash Jaiswal, 65, a resident of Nandanagar, has filed a complaint at the police station. According to the complaint, at around 3 am on the night of November 9, his neighbour Rishabh Bhilwar called to say that the vehicles parked outside were on fire. On receiving the news, Jaiswal came out to find several vehicles burning fiercely.

The fire was brought under control with the help of local residents and a fire brigade team. By then, however, several vehicles had been completely destroyed.

The vehicles badly damaged in the incident include a Maruti Suzuki Alto (MP09/HE5272), a TVS passenger auto (MP09/TA2945), a Hyundai car (MP09/CN5375), a CNG passenger auto (MP09/R9717), a battery-run e-rickshaw (MP09/DM9712) and a Bajaj auto (MP09/R6507). Together, the loss runs to lakhs of rupees.

Following the incident, Pardeshipura police have registered a case of arson. Police are going through footage from CCTV cameras in the area and are working to establish the exact cause of the fire.