<p>Dimapur: Five members of a family, including three children, were charred to death when a fire a broke out at Naharbari area of Nagaland’s Dimapur district, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 10:45 pm on Sunday, when the blaze ripped through rows of thatched houses inhabited by people from a non-Naga community, he said.</p>.<p>Bursting of firecrackers during Diwali celebrations is likely to have triggered the blaze, the Fire & Emergency Services official said.</p>.Delhi Fire Service records 208 fire-related calls on Diwali.<p>Around 50 families have been affected due to the fire, he said, adding, six fire tenders managed to put out the flames after nearly two hours.</p>.<p>The official, however, said the exact cause of the fire will be known after an investigation is carried out.</p>.<p>The bodies of the deceased have been handed over to police. </p>
<p>Dimapur: Five members of a family, including three children, were charred to death when a fire a broke out at Naharbari area of Nagaland’s Dimapur district, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident occurred around 10:45 pm on Sunday, when the blaze ripped through rows of thatched houses inhabited by people from a non-Naga community, he said.</p>.<p>Bursting of firecrackers during Diwali celebrations is likely to have triggered the blaze, the Fire & Emergency Services official said.</p>.Delhi Fire Service records 208 fire-related calls on Diwali.<p>Around 50 families have been affected due to the fire, he said, adding, six fire tenders managed to put out the flames after nearly two hours.</p>.<p>The official, however, said the exact cause of the fire will be known after an investigation is carried out.</p>.<p>The bodies of the deceased have been handed over to police. </p>