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Four die in Tamil Nadu as hut catches fire
An elderly couple and their two small grandchildren were burnt to death when their thatched hut caught fire from a lighted mosquito repellent coil on Saturday night in the suburbs of the city, police said.
Updated on: Jan 25, 2009, 13:29:10 IST
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An elderly couple and their two small grandchildren were burnt to death when their thatched hut caught fire from a lighted mosquito repellent coil on Saturday night in the suburbs of the city, police said.
The incident occurred in a slum area in Madipakkam in the southern suburbs.
The dead are a 70-year-old man, his wife, 60, and two children - aged three and one-and-a-half, police said.
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