Overview

• Police in Bidadi reported that six construction labourers died and one remains in critical condition after a pre-dawn fire at a Bheemenahalli worksite shed.
• A preliminary inquiry indicates an LPG cylinder was likely left on after cooking and a later attempt to smoke may have ignited leaking gas.
• The victims, migrant labourers from Murshidabad in West Bengal, were identified by name, with the survivor receiving treatment for third-degree burns at Victoria Hospital.
• Officers registered a case against the landowner, site engineers and others for endangering life and attempt to commit culpable homicide as the investigation proceeds.
• Earlier local reporting had put the toll at three with four critically injured, reflecting evolving accounts as authorities gathered fuller details.