India, March 16 -- A 65-year-old woman was charred to death after a fire broke out in the rooftop bathroom of a house in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area, with police suspecting that the blaze might have been triggered when she lit a matchstick to smoke a bidi, an officer said on Sunday.

The incident took place in the Molarband area on Saturday evening. Officials said a PCR call regarding a fire was received at the Badarpur police station.

Soon after receiving the information, police rushed to the spot and found that a fire had broken out in the rooftop bathroom of the house. Police found the woman's charred body inside. She was subsequently identified as Veenu Singh (65).

"The bathroom area contained wooden items and garbage that had a...