Morena (MP), Jun 20 (PTI) Two children drowned in a pit filled with rainwater at a brick kiln in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place this morning when a group of four to five children were playing near the pit at the kiln in Badfara village under Ambah police station limits, an official said.

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A boy and a girl, both aged nine years, drowned after falling into the pit filled with rainwater, Ambah police station in-charge Praveen Kumar said.

Family members of the children rushed to scene after being alerted, but the children could not be saved, he said.

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The families of the deceased children worked as labourers at the brick kiln, the official said.

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