KARACHI: Two children burned alive when a fire erupted at their house in Sector 15 of Karachi’s Buffer Zone today.

According to the police, the children were locked inside as their parents went outside for shopping.

The neighbours tried to rescue them when they saw smoke coming out of the house but when broke the main door to rescue the children but they were already dead.

The deceased are identified as seven-year-old Umaima and five-year-old Amna, both of them have been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.