KOLKATA: Four members of a family were charred to death after a fire broke out at their house in Uluberia in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police said on Monday. The tragic incident occurred late Sunday night while the victims were fast asleep.
According to police, the fire broke out around 12.30 a.m. in the Jhamtia Gram Panchayat area under Uluberia's Joypur police station limits. The family members failed to notice the blaze as they were in deep sleep on a cold winter night.
The deceased have been identified as Duryodhan Dalui, Dudhkumar Dalui, Archana Dalui and Shampa Dalui, a ninth-grade student. All four were sleeping together in one room when the fire broke out. Although the fire brigade arrived quickly and brought the fire under control, none of the family members could be saved.