Family of 4 in Chittoor charred to death after gas leak from geyser triggers fire

Police are investigating the incident are looking into the possibility of a suicide angle.

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On Sunday, a family of four from Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district died in a fire accident. The incident took place in Chittoor’s Rajula Kandriga town, in the early hours of Sunday.

Police suspect that a gas leakage from the geyser in the bathroom led to a fire. The deceased have been identified as L Sreenivasulu Reddy, his wife Bujjamma, and the couple’s two children, Bhavya and Nithin. The family had shifted to Rajula Kandriga a few months ago, where Sreenivasulu was working as an auto driver.

The family had been sleeping on a bed in one of the rooms at the time of the incident. Their bodies were found charred.