Two children died after a portion of a wall of their house collapsed at Tabalakata village under the Kuchinda police station in Sambalpur district on Monday morning.
The children were playing near the house when a part of the mud wall suddenly caved in and fell on them.
Following the incident, the villagers rushed the two children to the Kuchinda Sub-Divisional Hospital where the doctors pronounced them as brought dead.
The deceased were identified as Tarani Prusty, a five-year-old girl and Ranjan Sahu, an eight-year-old boy. Police have lodged an unnatural death case. There was incessant rain in Sambalpur district throughout the day. Most of the houses of Tabalakata village are made of clay.