Bhopal/Kishanganj, March 19 -- Eight members of a family were killed on Wednesday after a fire broke out while their electric vehicle was being charged in their two-storey residence, which was engulfed in seconds as flames tore through commercial cylinders and chemicals stored in the building. The family of 12 were asleep when the fire started around 3.30 am and were trapped as the digital locks on their doors stopped working after the blaze knocked the power supply out. The eight dead were identified as Manoj Pugaliya (65) his pregnant daughter-in-law Simran Pugaliya (30), their brother-in-law Vijay Sethiya (63), his wife Suman Sethiya (60) and their children Teenu (33), Chotu (22), and grandchildren Rashi (12) and Tanay (8). They were cremated on Wednesday evening. Vijay, a prominent businessman from Kishanganj in Bihar, was in Indore to treat his mouth cancer. His surgery was scheduled for Thursday, Saurabh Pugaliya, one of the survivors. Four, including Manoj's wife Sunita and their sons Saurabh, Somil and Harshit were injured and being treated at the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital Indore. Indore police commissioner Santosh Singh said the fire was sparked after a short-circuit in the EV charging station in their house. "The car, a Tata Punch, was being charged outside the house. After a short circuit in the charging point, the fire quickly spread through the residence and the three bikes parked on the porch also caught fire," said Singh. HT reached out to Tata Motors for a response but did not get a comment till the time of print. Pugaliya was a polymer businessman, said Singh, and the house was also used as a storage space, with 15 commercial LPG cylinders and chemicals. "At least three cylinders exploded during the fire, caving in an entire section of the building in Indore's Preeti Vihar colony," said Singh....