Jharkhand Tragedy: Four Children Burnt to Death in Fire at Chaibasa's Jagannathpur Area

Four children were charred to death in a fire that broke out in a haystack near their house in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Monday, March 17. The incident happened in Gitilipi village in the Jagannathpur police station area in Chaibasa around 11 am today.

Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told the news agency PTI that "a team has been sent to the spot for a detailed investigation." He said the children were playing near the haystack when the fire broke out. 

Jharkhand | Four children burnt to death in a fire in Puwal in the Jagannathpur police station area of ​​Chaibasa. All of them were around five years old. The children were playing in Puwal at the time of the incident: SP Chaibasa

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The exact cause of the fire is being ascertained, he added. "All of them were around five years old. The children were playing in Puwal at the time of the incident," said SP Chaibasa.