Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 20 : Two siblings were burnt alive after a fire broke out in a residential house last night in Diver Lolab area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A major fire broke out at a residential house belonging to one Mohammad Akbar Khan, son of Abdul Aziz Khan at Kakadpatti Diver last night. Click here to watch video
The flames soon spread to the whole of structure, built of wood, even as the locals, Fire and Emergency Services Department, police and Army made unrelenting efforts to douse the fire.
As the rescue operation was going on, two minor siblings stuck inside the house couldn’t be rescued on time and were burnt alive.
The sibling duo has been identified as Amir Ahmed Khan, 6, and Sabzar Ahmad Khan, 3, – sons of house-owner Mohammad Akbar Khan.
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