LARKANA: Two minor boys were burnt alive when their straw houses caught fire in the village of Abdul Latif Magsi, some 70km from here, near Shahdadkot on Wednesday.

The houses reportedly caught fire all of a sudden. The inmates tried to save the children but due to raging flames Bilawal Magsi, 6, and Suhail Magsi, 5, were burnt alive, locals said.

The fire had burnt five huts to ashes along with the household articles, they said. The fire tenders called from Shahdadkot extinguished the blaze.

Eight suffer burns as gas cylinder explodes Eight members of a family suffered burns when a gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen of their house in Allahabad locality here on Wednesday.

The injured, identified as Abdul Aziz Chandio, Saleem Chandio, Ms Iram Naz and Ms Hajani, and four children, Doli, Malika, Shaheen and Firdos, were admitted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital.

Doctors said the injured had received 10 to 20 per cent burns and were out of danger.