Four kids killed in Pune fire

Four children were charred to death in a fire that engulfed a cluster of jhuggis at Biman Nagar under the jurisdiction of Yerawada police station in Pune on Wednesday, police said.

The fire erupted at around 1045 IST, the police said, adding that the bodies had been sent to Sasoon Hospital.

The cause of the fire, which was extinguished, was not known.