ISLAMABAD: Two minors were burnt alive on Thursday when their room caught fire due to gas leak. The victims were identified as Hamza, 3 and Madiha, 2.

The children and their parents lived in the house of a businessman in F-10/4. The couple worked as house servants and were working when they saw smoke coming from the basement where they lived. They rushed downstairs and found bodies of their children as the fire had engulfed the room.

Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2014