Seven persons of a family were burnt to death when a fire broke out in a house in Bugna Village near Atmuquam in Neelum valley. According to police, the fire broke out in the house of Hakim Khan s/o Zeetullah after gas cylinder burst when dinner was being prepared.
The household articles worth thousands of rupees were also reduced to ashes as the fire soon engulfed the entire house. One woman and two children were among burnt to death besides destruction of household goods, police said. The dead were identified as Gulshen Bibi, her two children Abida and Ali. The names of other dead could not be ascertained so far.