Two persons were charred to death and several others were trapped when a fire broke out in a three-storey plastic mat manufacturing unit in a congested bylane of Nagarathpete in Bengaluru on August 16.
The fire and police control room received a message around 3 a.m. Fire and emergency service teams, along with six tenders, rushed to the spot and put out the fire after 10 hours.
Police and fire service officers at the site where a fire broke out in a plastic manufacturing unit at Nagarthapete in Bengaluru on August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.
The police recovered the charred bodies of Madan Singh and Suresh while trying to open the third floor apartment where Madan’s family is suspected to have been trapped.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh visited the spot to supervise the rescue operation.
