Dibrugarh: Three boys aged between two and four years were destroyed to death while playing in the straw warehouse (Bhela Ghar) in the District of Assam Charaideo on Friday.
The warehouse caught fire when one of the boys accidentally turned on a cigarette.
While three boys burned to death because the fire quickly took out emergency straw warehouses, one of them managed to escape from the flame at the time and saved.
The incident occurred in the morning in the village of Newahola under the Sepon police station.
Bhela Ghar, which is an integral part of the Post Harvest Festival Magh Bihu, is a temporary night refuge place made of straw, bamboo, straw and dry leaves established in the rice fields after the rice is harvested.
The incident sent a shock wave among the local residents and damaged the preparation of the ongoing Magh Bihu in the area.
The victims were identified as Bivan Munda (2), Anud Munda (4) and Khahinur Karuwa (4).
The body is sent for post-Mortem.
Charaideo SP Sudhakar Singh said, “The incident was reported at around 10:30 a.m.
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“A police team from the Sepon police station had reached the place and began an investigation.