Pakistan: House fire in Multan kills seven family members

Multan - Police retrieve charred bodies of children, elderly man

Police were investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members, a rescue official said Sunday.

The fire ignited at a house in the Ali Pur area of Muzaffar Garh district in Punjab province, said rescue service chief Dr Hussain Mian.

He said firefighters retrieved the charred bodies of a 65-year-old man, two women ages 35 and 19, three boys ages 3, 10 and 12 and a 2-month-old infant.

Police said the cause of the fire was being investigated and investigators want to know why none of the family members woke up when the fire erupted.