Toddler, her 2-month-old sister killed in Lucknow slum fire

LUCKNOW: (Apr 16) Two children were killed in a massive fire that gutted a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area here, police said on Thursday, as rescue teams and residents trawled through the site reduced to ashes from the blaze the evening before.

The bodies of the two children were recovered late Wednesday, hours after the devastating fire broke out, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Deeksha Sharma said.

"The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem. Their parents have been informed," she told reporters.