Imphal:
Three children were charred to death after a LPG cylinder caught fire, about 55 kms north from here police said today.
Nine-year-old Karaila Christy, her younger brother Hingkung Justine(5) and sister Nikting Jenifer(4) died after a LPG cylinder caught fire from an unattended candle last night in Manipur's Senapati district.
The mother of the children was outside the house when the incident took place.
The fire destroyed all the eight rooms and essential commodities, stocked there for a nearby shopkeeper, worth over Rs 30 lakh, they added.