NEW DELHI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Four members of a family were killed Tuesday due to suffocation after a fire broke out inside their house in the Indian capital territory Delhi, police said.
The fire broke out early on the day on the first floor of a two-storey building at the Prem Nagar area of Dwarka, a police official said. "The fire was completely doused and bodies were shifted from the house to a hospital for post-mortem examination."
According to officials, the victims were identified as a couple and their two young sons.
Preliminary investigations carried out by the police suggest that a short circuit might have caused the fire.
Chances of fire in Indian houses are usually high as people ignore safety standards and store combustible material haphazardly. Enditem
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