Three members of a family, including a five-year-old girl, were charred to death when their house caught fire in the Khanyar locality here, police said on Saturday.
A fire broke out in a house at Sheeshgari Mohalla in Khanyar on Friday night, a police official said.
The wooden house belonging to Javaid Ahmad Hakak was gutted in the fire, he added.
Three members of the family-- Hakak, his wife Sobia and their five-year-old daughter Hafsa -- were killed in the incident, the official said.
According to a preliminary investigation, the fire was caused by an electric short-circuit, he added.
The police have registered a case in connection with the incident.
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