Himachal: House catches fire as family returns from wedding, five charred to death

Shimla | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

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#LatestVisuals from Mandi where five persons lost their lives in fire that broke out at a residential building at N… https://t.co/QdfUYcVpkL — ANI (@ANI) 1532319333000MANALI: Weddings are the happiest occasion for a family. Although fire services were contacted, it was too late as five members, including one man, three women and a child, were killed on the spot. We are still interrogating into the exact cause of fire,” he said. The entire air conditioned home caught fire between 3:30 and 4 am. However, this wedding turned into a fatal tragedy for this family when five persons were burnt alive after a fire broke out in the groom's house at Ner Chowk in Mandi district around 4 am on Monday.According to sources, the wedding procession (baraat) had returned home at about 2 am and all family members went to sleep..