Five of a family burnt alive in their house

Shillong, July 29 (PTI) Five members of a family, including a seven-month-old baby, were burnt alive when fire gutted their house in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills district, police said here today.

The house of T Marngar at Mawkora village was completely gutted in the inferno last night killing his wife, three teenage daughters and the baby, district Superintendent of Police M Kharkrang told PTI.

Marngar, however, managed to escape and rescue another member of the family. Both of them sustained injuries.

Some bags of bags of charcoal kept in the house is being blamed for the fire