Lucknow, Apr 24 (IANS): Two children were burnt to death after they accidentally lit a matchstick while playing inside their hut in Uttar Pradesh' s Jhansi district, police said on Friday.
Rural area Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Mithas said the victims were siblings. They were Karanpal Singh's children -- Simmi, 3, and Vishal, 2.
They were playing inside their hut at Sia village on Thursday afternoon. When one of them lit a matchstick and the the spark triggered the blaze. Both were badly burnt.
Althogh the kids were immediately rushed to a hospital, the doctors declared them dead on arrival.