India, May 2 -- In a tragic incident, four minor girls belonging to the same family were charred to death while seven others sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a place in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Monday late evening.

The incident occurred when the mother along with her family members were asleep at a jhuggi cluster near Ramdayalu railway station in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district at around 10:30pm on Monday.

"By the time we got up, my house was on fire. Two other houses were also engulfed in the fire.

Despite rescue efforts from locals, the four minor girls could not be saved, the mother said.

Muzaffarpur's (East) sub divisional magistrate Gyan Prakash confirmed the death of four children in the incident.

"All the minor...