25-year-old woman, five-year-old son killed in fire

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A 25-year-old woman and her five-year-old son were charred to death while her husband suffered serious burn injuries after fire broke out at their home in the district, police said.

Station House Officer Munshiganj Javed Ikbal Khan said that the fire broke out when Dinesh Kashyap of village Semra under the Munshiganj police station was filling oil in his bike at his home.

They were were admitted to a hospital but the woman and the minor boy died on the way, while the man is undergoing treatment at a trauma centre in Lucknow, he said.

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