Biratnagar, March 11: Two children were burnt to death in a house fire at Pakhatol, Rautamai Rural Municipality, Ward No. 8, Udayapur district.
Rishiram Kandel, spokesperson of Koshi Province Police Office, informed that a six-year-old daughter Jasmin and two-year-old son Rojan were burnt to death in the two-storey mud house of local Ram Bahadur Magar at 5:30 pm on Friday.
The fire was brought under control at around 6 o’clock evening by the police team deployed from the area police office Rautamai and with the help of local residents.
Due to the fire, the property worth Rs. 10 lakh was also destroyed.