Mau: Five members of a family were killed in a fire incident in Shahpur village of the district here, a senior official said Wednesday.
The incident happened Tuesday night when a spark from the stove kept in the house caused the fire that killed five members of the family, District Magistrate of Mau Arun Kumar said.
He said that the bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem and orders have also been given to extend 4 lakh rupees per person as compensation.
According to the police, as soon as the information about the incident reached the police force, personnel of the fire department, the SP and DM reached the spot for relief and rescue work.
The deceased have been identified as Guddi Rajbhar (34) and her three children, Abhishek (12), Dinesh (10 years), Anjesh ( 6), and her niece Chandani (14), police said.