Woman charred to death in fire

A 55-year-old woman was charred to death in fire that broke out at her house in the district, police said today.

The victim, identified as B Lakshmi, was sleeping in her thatched house at Mentada village under Andra mandal of the district at around midnight yesterday when the blaze erupted, police sub-inspector S Bhaskar Rao said.

Police suspect that the fire occurred when a lamp kept lit in the house fell and the flames spread at the place.

A case has been registered and investigation is on, police added.