Two siblings charred to death in fire

Two siblings were charred to death in a fire that gutted 13 hutments at a village in Bihar's East Champaran district today, the police said.
The fire first broke out in a hutment at Chatia village and quickly spread to 13 other hutments fanned by strong wind.
A 13-year-old girl and her ten-year-old brother were charred to death, Korwa police station in-charge Basant Kumar said.
Household goods and foodgrains worth several lakhs of rupees were gutted in the blaze, he said.