{
  "id": 14345275,
  "title": "Indore Fire Guts 13 Seized Cars, Auto-Rickshaw At Excise Department Warehouse Near Silicon City",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indore-fire-guts-13-seized-cars-auto-rickshaw-at-excise-department",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-fire-guts-13-seized-cars-auto-rickshaw-at-excise-department-warehouse-near-silicon-city"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indore (Madhya Pradesh) witnessed a devastating fire at an excise department warehouse near Silicon City on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze engulfed 13 seized vehicles and an auto-rickshaw parked inside the warehouse, located in Kadambari Nagar. Firefighters battled the inferno for several hours, eventually extinguishing it with 20,000 liters of water. The warehouse's exterior was locked, and it was surrounded by thick vegetation. Authorities suspect that a discarded cigarette or matchstick may have sparked the blaze, as the area was covered in dry grass. The excise department had previously seized the vehicles during crackdowns on illegal liquor; they were old and empty at the time of the fire. The exact cause of the incident is still under investigation.",
  "summary": "Indore (Madhya Pradesh): As many as 13 seized cars and an auto-rickshaw were gutted in a massive fire at an open warehouse belonging to the excise department in Kadambari Nagar near Silicon City on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze erupted around 1 pm and took firefighters a few hours to extinguish. According to the fire brigade, information was received at 1.11 pm, following which a fire tender from…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}