Andhra Pradesh: 3 burnt alive in fire accident at paper plate manufacturing unit in Chittoor (VIDEO)

Chittoor: In a tragic incident, three persons were charred to death in a fire accident which occurred in the Paper Plates Manufacturing Unit here in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The incident took place in Rangachari Street, police said here.

The three dead included a father Bhaskar (65), his son Dilli Babu (35) and the owner of the manufacturing unit.

3 people died in a fire accident in Chittoor on Tuesday night.

The two storied building in Rangachari street housed a paper plate industry in the ground floor. Electric short circuit is suspected to have ignited the fire. pic.twitter.com/41KalyaPQN

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Fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the flames.

The exact reason for the fire incident is yet to be ascertained. (UNI)