Overview
- The blaze that swept a Kumhari home Tuesday led to a cooking-gas cylinder explosion that killed four members of one family.
- The fire broke out in a hutment on Khapri Road in Durg district, and police and firefighters recovered the bodies after putting out the flames.
- Police cited a likely short circuit as the trigger, while eyewitnesses reported sparks from an electricity pole beside the house.
- A forensic team examined the scene and post-mortems were ordered as authorities formalize identifications reported as Homdas Vaishnav, Lakshmi, Chandani and two-year-old Gopika.
- Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced ₹5 lakh ex-gratia per victim, with district rules taking total compensation to ₹9 lakh for each next of kin.