LUCKNOW, May 4 -- Two people, including the owner, were charred to death when a massive fire broke out in a three-storey biscuit factory in Sarojini Nagar area of Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow on Saturday, police said. Property worth lakhs, including a car, was also gutted in the blaze, they added.

As per the police, although the factory had been closed for over a year now, some work was going on there at the time of the incident.

"The deceased were identified as factory owner Akhilesh Kumar, 45, a Mawaiyya (in Charbagh) resident and a worker Abrar, 45, who lived in Masjid Wali Gali Jayraj Puri Colony, Sarojini Nagar, but hailed from Bahraich," said a Lucknow Police statement.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (south), Amit Kuma...