BAHAWALPUR: Three persons, including a woman and a minor girl, suffered serious burns in two fire incidents on Saturday.

Two persons, including a woman, were burnt when their cottage at Chak 100 on Kutchery Road in Lodhran abruptly caught fire. The rescuers shifted them to the DHQ Hospital in a serious condition while their cottage was also completely burnt.

The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.

In the second incident, six-year-old Mehvish received critical burns at her house at Dera Masti on the Ahmedpur East Road in the suburbs of Bahawalpur.

According to Rescue 1122, the victim was standing by the cooking range in the kitchen when her clothes caught fire. As a result, her stomach and other body parts were burnt. She was shifted to the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH).