Archive · 2 Nov 2025
MP CM Announces Aid for Indore Warehouse Fire Victims
A big fire happened at a place that stores chemicals in Indore on Saturday night.
Sadly, two women who were working there passed away.
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh announced that the families of the women will receive financial help.
The fire is thought to have started from lamps that were lit for a festival.
Firefighters were sent to put out the fire.
MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav announced Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for the kin of the two women who died in the Indore warehouse fire.
The fire erupted on Saturday night at a thinner storage warehouse in Rau, near Indore.
Two women laborers, identified as Ramkali and Jyoti, were killed in the incident.
Preliminary suspicion points to earthen lamps lit for Devuthni Ekadashi as the cause of the fire.
Thinner, a chemical used in plastic and paint industries, was stored at the warehouse.
- Who
- Kin of the two deceased women laborers (Ramkali and Jyoti)
- What
- A fire broke out at a thinner storage warehouse, resulting in the deaths of two women.
- When
- Saturday night
- Where
- Rau, near Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Why
- The fire is suspected to have started from earthen lamps lit for Devuthni Ekadashi.
- Location
- Rau, near Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Incident Type
- Fire at thinner storage warehouse
- Date
- Saturday night
- Fatalities
- 2 women laborers
- Compensation Announced
- Rs 4 lakh ex gratia per victim's kin
- Chemical Stored
- Thinner (used in plastic and paint industries)
