Ballia (UP), Dec 29 (PTI) A 70-year-old man was killed after splinters from a bonfire caused a fire at his shanty in a village here, police said on Thursday.

On Wednesday night, a fire broke out in Tirnai Khijirpur village in which Ram died, Ubhaon Station House Officer Rajiv Kumar Mishra said.

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He said on receiving information about the incident, police reached the spot and retrieved the body. It has been sent for postmortem, Mishra added.PTI COR SAB

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