DHAKA: Three children were burnt to death and five sustained burn injuries when their thatched house in a Bihar village caught fire.

Police said Saturday, reports Zee News.

The incident took place late Friday at Kusi village in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 km from here.

‘All the victims were of the same family,’ a police official said.

Police said it was not clear how the house caught fire.

BDST: 1605 HRS, FEB 22, 2014