India, July 14 -- Two Indian women and a child died in the UAE's Sharjah in two separate incidents just days apart from each other.

While a 46-year-old Indian woman died after a fire broke out in her apartment in Sharjah's Al Majaz area on Thursday night, a woman, who is said to be from Kerala, killed her child before dying by suicide in Al Nahda neighbourhood on July 8, local media reported.

The 46-year-old woman was reportedly performing a special ritual in her home on Thursday night, when the fire erupted, leading to her death, the Gulf News quoted local officials as saying.

According to the report, the fire started in a unit on the eighth floor of an 11-story residential building. Police have begun an investigation.

The report als...