At least 12 persons, including three children, were injured on Sunday in a fire that broke out at a house hosting a wedding in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, police said.

The incident occurred at Shikarpura Piparia village on Sunday morning, Patera police station in-charge Shyam Bihari Mishra said. He said the blaze erupted when a man is taking out petrol from a motorcycle. It spread to the area where food was being cooked for the marriage ceremony.