Three die in fire

family died of burns and another person was injured today when fire broke out in their house in West Singhbhum district's Manoharpur, the police said here.

The deceased were identified as Nasreen Begum (29), Asma Biwi (70) and Suhan Hussain (3), sources said.

Nasreen was wife of the injured Z Hussain while Asma and the child were his mother and son, the sources said.

Hussain was admitted to a hospital in neighbouring Rourkela town in Odisha.

The cause of fire in the house was yet to be ascertained, sources said.