Motihari, May 10 -- Altogether three persons, including two children, were killed and a man injured after a massive fire broke out in a two-storey wholesale grocery shop-cum-house in Barharwa Fateh Mohammad village under Kundwa Chainpur police station area in East Champaran district.
Station House Officer Rahul Kumar said here today that the fire broke out past midnight during heavy rain and strong winds.
Preliminary investigation suggests that a short circuit in both an electric pole and the shop triggered the blaze. Since the grocery shop and the family residence were part of the same building, the fire spread rapidly.
The deceased were identified as grocery trader Rajkumar Sah's children, 12-year-old Srishti Kumari and eight-year-old ...