Shahjahanpur: Two children died after a fire broke out in their house due to explosion of an electric bulb, which was "caused by a sudden surge in voltage", in Sampoornagar area of Lakhimpur Kheri on Saturday morning, police said.The cops further said the mosquito net caught fire after the 100-watt incandescent bulb exploded and and fell on it. As the fire spread, the children sleeping inside the net suffered burn injuries.The mother called neighbours for help and the children— Gagan (2) and Simran (4)— were admitted to the district hospital.“The kids had received 90% to 100 % burn injuries and died during the course of treatment. We have sent the bodies for postmortem, and an FIR will be registered after we receive a complaint from the family,” SHO, Sampoornanagar, Adarsh Kumar Singh told TOI.Later, BJP MLA Romi Sahni met the aggrieved family and provided them an immediate relief of Rs 20,000 from his funds. He said that he would ensure more compensation from the electric department, at the earliest.“The family is poor and everything in the room was gutted. They didn’t even have money to cremate the bodies, so I provided them Rs 20,000. I will ensure that proper compensation is provided to them,” Sahni told TOI.When questioned about the cause of the tragedy, Lakhimpur Kheri executive engineer RK Srivastava said, “The power department should be held responsible for the accident. We have sent officials from the electrical safety team to conduct a survey and a compensation will be provided on the basis of their report.Meanwhile, Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate Shailandra Singh has ordered an investigation into the matter. “I have ordered an investigation to ascertain the actual cause of the incident. The compensation will be provided once the probe is complete,” Singh said.

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