KISHANGANJ, March 18 -- In a heart-rending incident, eight members of a family from Kishanganj, Bihar, were burnt alive when a fire broke out in a three-storey house after an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, early on Wednesday, officials said.

According to the police, the fire broke out in the house at Brajeshwari Annex Colony between 3.30 and 4.30 am.

The deceased included two minor children and three women, they said. The family reportedly went to Indore for the cancer treatment of family patriarch Vijay Sethia, a reputed cosmetic businessman of Kishanganj.

Those who lost their lives have been identified as Vijay Sathia (65), Chhotu Sethia (62), Suman (60), Manoj Pug...