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Five members of a family, including a baby, were killed and three injured when a fire broke out in a house in Bijnor district óf Uttar Pradesh, a police official said.
Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST
BIJNOR:Five members of a family, including a baby, were killed and three injured when a fire broke out in a house in Bijnor district óf Uttar Pradesh, a police official said on Saturday.
The dead include an aged couple and a six-month-old boy. The fire Friday night was due to a gas cylinder leak, the police said.
"Following the gas leak, a pile of wood caught fire leading to the house being engulfed in flames," Bijnor Additional Superintendent of Police Man Singh said.
The injured have been taken to hospital.