Three die in fire tragedy

Three die in fire tragedy

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Togar Manik, 35, his wife A. Munthe and their eight-year-old son Riau Manik were killed in a fire that razed their house in Urung Kompas, Labuhan Batu, 450 kilometers south of the city early on Friday.

The house was reportedly burned to the ground by burglars who found no valuables in it.

Lestari, the couple's nine-year-old daughter, who escaped the blaze, told the local police that she saw somebody light a fire on the house's roof.

Local police are still investigating the case. --Antara