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A fire broke out in a haystack and killed four children who were allegedly playing near it in Jharkhand's Singhbhum district on Monday.
The police told PTI that the children were charred to death in the fire that broke out in Gitilipi village in the Jagannathpur police station area in Chaibasa around 11 am.
Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI, "A team has been sent to the spot for a detailed investigation."
The children were playing near the haystack when the fire broke out, he added.
The police is trying to ascertain the exact cause of the fire.
