Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 19 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at a cottage she was sleeping in, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday night in Yogendernagar village in this district.

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Circle Officer Ram Ashish Yadav said the body of the girl has been sent for post-mortem. It is suspected that the fire started from a candle in the cottage.

The fire spread quickly giving no chance to the girl to escape, police said.

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