Seven people, including four children and three women, were killed after a fire broke out in a shop-cum-residential complex in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior city on Monday, the police said.
Four persons also received burn injuries in the incident, they said.
The blaze erupted at around 10 am in a paint shop on Roshni Ghar road in Inderganj area and soon spread to houses located above it, Additional Superintendent of Police Satyendra Singh Tomar said.
The paint, which was highly inflammable, acted as a catalyst for the fire, the official said.
The victims, who were on the second floor of the complex, got trapped after the flames engulfed the entire structure, he said.
Four children belonging to two families and three women were killed in the incident.
Four others were seriously injured and admitted in a hospital, the official said.
The "Rangwala" paint shop belonged to three brothers - Jagmohan Goyal, Jaikishan Goyal and Hariom Goyal, another police official said. The victims belonged to the Goyal family, he said.
Firefighters managed to control the blaze after about two hours, the official said. The cause of the fire was not yet clear, he added.
Madhya Pradesh Woman Drowns 4 Children In Well, Tries To Kill Self, Survives School Van Catches Fire In Madhya Pradesh, Locals Rescue Students: Cops UK Woman Kills Her 2 Children "Because She Didn't Want Husband To Have Them" After Backlash Over Freshers' Pay, Cognizant Clarifies What Techies Get Bengaluru Student, Returning From Party, Raped By Biker Who Gave Her Lift Indian-Origin Couple, Daughter Killed In US Crash, Leave Behind Teen Son Supreme Court takes up Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, Chief Justice-led bench to hear matter on Tuesday 'Slapped Cheek Virus' On The Rise In US. All About Parvovirus B19 Fed Up With Stunt Riders, People Throw 2 Scooters Off Bengaluru Flyover Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.