Madhya Pradesh: Gas Tanker Catches Fire After Falling Into Gorge In Raisen, Two Charred To Death

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> A driver and cleaner of a gas tanker were killed after the vehicle plunged into a gorge and caught fire in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district on Sunday, news agency PTI reported.</p> <p>According to police, the accident took place around 3:30 pm on the Bhopal-Jabalpur Highway, under the jurisdiction of the Sultanpur police station, approximately 40 km from the district headquarters.</p> <p>Rajat Sarathe, the in-charge of Sultanpur police station, said that the driver lost control of the gas tanker transporting LPG, causing it to veer off the road and tumble into the gorge.</p> <p>Fire broke out which soon engulfed the tanker and spread to nearby huts, resulting in the deaths of four to five cattle, Sarathe added.</p> <p>Both the driver and the cleaner were charred to death and their identities are yet to be established, police added, PTI reported.</p> <p>Firefighting teams from neighbouring towns rushed to the scene to contain the blaze, which could not be doused till the filing of this report.</p> <p>A case has also been registered in connection with the incident, police said.</p> <p>In a separate incident on Saturday, a 75-year-old man was killed and his bedridden sister sustained injuries in a fire that broke out in their apartment in Ranchi, PTI reported.</p> <p>The incident took place in an apartment located in Ranchi&rsquo;s Siram Toli, police said.</p> <p>Jultan Surin and his sister Jolen Horo, 80, resided in the flat, a police officer stated.</p> <p>"Surin was unmarried, and they had no other family members. The fire broke out in the apartment in the morning, resulting in Surin's death," the police officer told PTI.</p> <p>Fortunately, their neighbours were able to rescue Horo from the blaze, and she was later admitted to a hospital for treatment.</p> <p>Fire service personnel managed to extinguish the fire, although the exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained, police added.</p>

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