Six of family charred to death in fire

Six members of a family, including four children, were charred to death in a fire that engulfed their house today early morning, police said.

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The deceased included a man,whose wife is working abroad, his four minor children aged between 1 and 13 and his father, police said.

All the family members were asleep when the fire broke out.

The cause of the fire is being ascertained. u00a0