Six children burnt alive as straw house catches on fire in Bihar's Araria

Six children were burnt alive while cooking corn inside a thatched house in Bihar's Araria district on Wednesday.

Six children were burnt to death after the thatched house they were inside caught fire in Bihar's Araria district on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Kavaiya village of the Palasi block of Araria. The six children were roasting corn when the hut caught on fire. The flames spread quickly, preventing the children from being able to escape.