MP: 12 injured in fire at marriage venue

At least 12 persons, including three children, were injured on Sunday in a fire that broke out at a house hosting a wedding in a village in Madhya Pradeshs Damoh district, police said. The incident occurred at Shikarpura Piparia village on Sunday morning, Patera police station in-charge Shyam Bihari Mishra said.

At least 12 persons, including three children, were injured on Sunday in a fire that broke out at a house hosting a wedding in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, police said. The incident occurred at Shikarpura Piparia village on Sunday morning, Patera police station in-charge Shyam Bihari Mishra said. He said the blaze erupted when a man is taking out petrol from a motorcycle. It spread to the area where food was being cooked for the marriage ceremony.

At least 12 persons, most of them women besides two toddlers and a four-year-old girl, sustained burn injuries. They were admitted to the Damoh district hospital, Mishra added.