2 bodies recovered from house collapse site in MP's Morena
Morena (MP) (PTI): The bodies of a woman and her daughter were found on Sunday morning in the debris of a house which collapsed in Madhya Pradesh's Morena city, police said.
The police earlier said the house collapsed around Saturday noon possibly due to the explosion of an LPG cylinder.
Officials later said an inquiry will be conducted from all angles before reaching a conclusion.
After the rescue operation that lasted for 21 hours, the bodies of a mother-daughter duo were recovered from the debris of the collapsed house on Sunday morning and sent for postmortem, Sub Divisional Officer of Police Ravi Bhadoria told reporters.
It took time as the rescue operation was carried out carefully to avoid damage to adjoining houses as it was a dense area, he said.
Asked about the cause of the explosion, Bhadoria said forensic evidence has been collected from the site and final findings will come out after its examination.
A cylinder, an exploded battery and parts of a deep freezer, which also has a compressor, were found in the debris, he said.
After examining all the evidence collectively, the police will reach a conclusion (on the cause of the blast), he said.
The incident occurred in Islampura area of Morena city around Saturday noon, a police release earlier said.
Teams from the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF), fire brigade and local civic body reached the spot.
An initial probe suggested an LPG cylinder might have caused the explosion on the premises, following which the house collapsed, the release stated
Some media reports earlier claimed the blast had occurred in a firecracker factory. The police have not confirmed the reports and said no such evidence has been found as of now.
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Student killed, several injured as school picnic bus overturns
Nagpur (PTI): A student was killed and several students and teachers were injured as the bus carrying them to a picnic spot overturned near here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident took place when students and teachers of Saraswati High School in Shankar Nagar area here were heading for a picnic spot in neighbouring Wardha district in five buses.
One of the buses, with some 50 persons on board, overturned near Deoli Pendhari village on Hingani Road in a hilly section on the outskirts of the city, said an official of Hingna police station.
The deceased boy was a Class 7 student, he said, without disclosing the name. A girl and a teacher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, while others were taken to a nearby rural hospital.
Investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, police said.
