Patna, March 19 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed deep grief over the death of six people from Kishanganj district who lost their lives in a fire incident in Indore and announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each to the dependents of the victims.

A massive fire broke out in a three-storey house situated in the Brijeshwari Annexe residential locality in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district at around 4 AM on Wednesday, which claimed lives of eight people, including six from Bihar's Kisanganj.

In an official statement, CM Nitish Kumar condoled over the death of six residents of Kishanganj district in a house fire caused by a short circuit at an electric car charging point in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and described the inciden...