Six dead, including women and children, in Meerut house fire

“The incident took place on Monday night. The injured members of the family were rushed to the civil hospital, where doctors declared six of them dead,” SP Avinash Pandey told reporters at the hospital.

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Information about the blaze at the residence of Iqbal Ahmad was received at 8:49 pm on Monday after which a rescue and relief operation was launched, the SP said.