House fire in eastern Pakistan kills all 7 family members including 4 kids

Islamabad: All seven members of a family including women and kids were killed in a fire that erupted in their house located in Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Sunday, the district administration said.

The family members were asleep when the big fire broke out, giving them no chance to escape and burning all of them to death, local media reported, quoting a district emergency officer as saying

Among the killed were two women and four children aged between two months and 10 years, the reports said. An investigation was launched to determine the cause of the fire. (UNI)