Meerut (UP), February 24 Six people, including women and children, were killed in a fire that broke out at a house in the Lisadi Gate area of Meerut, police said on Tuesday.
"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.
Information about the fire 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.
