Two charred to death, family trapped in fire in factory-cum-residence in Bengaluru

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.
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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.

The fire broke out on the ground floor where the raw materials to manufacture plastic mats were stored. Teams of officials from Bescom, fire department and FSL are trying to ascertain the cause of the fire, he said.

The fire spread to the entire building, which has residences on the first, second and third floors. Hearing the sound of the fire and blast from the plastic factor, many residents jumped to the adjacent building and escaped, minimising casualties.

The fire personnel were struggling to reach the third floor where Madan’s family, including his wife and children, were trapped.

The rescue operations were slowed down by the heat and smoke, a senior police officer said.

BBMP officials reached the spot, and were verifying the documents of the building and the plastic factory.