4-year-old boy charred to death as car catches fire in Indore

INDORE: A four-year-old boy died after a parked car he was inside caught fire in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district on Saturday, police said. The incident took place in the Simrol police station area, about 22 km from the district headquarters, during the morning hours. According to officials, the child, identified as Chirag, was sitting alone in the vehicle while his father stepped out. He was reportedly nearby, attending to another vehicle equipped with a sound system. "The child, Chirag, was sitting inside the parked car. His father, Sanjay Badhiya, had left the engine on and was standing outside supervising work on his other vehicle fitted with a sound system," Simrol police house officer (SHO) Kuldip Khatri told Police said the fire broke out suddenly and spread quickly, engulfing the car within minutes. Preliminary findings suggest that a short circuit may have caused the fire. Locals tried to put out the flames, but the fire intensified rapidly and could not be controlled in time. "By the time the fire brigade and police teams reached the scene, the child had succumbed to burns. A case has been registered, and a probe is underway to ascertain the cause of the fire," Badhiya said.