In a tragic incident, a woman and her three children were burnt alive when their thatched house caught fire in Banda early Saturday morning.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the deaths and directed the officials to extend all possible help to the family.
Police said the fire broke out from the fire that was burning inside the room to keep them warm. The villagers tried to rescue the family but they failed to douse the fire in time.
The fire brigade also reached the spot very late due to which all the belongings were reduced to ashes.
Police said that Sangita (35) used to stay in the house along with her three children while her husband was away as he worked as a labourer in Rajasthan.
The children, who were killed in the fire, were identified as Angali (9), Ashish (6) and another 3 year-old-girl.
Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pratap Chauhan said that though it appeared to be a mishap, the police were investigating the reason for the fire.
Meanwhile in Kasganj, four members of a family were killed and two others were critically injured when their car rammed into a pile of bricks due to dense fog on early Saturday morning.
The incident took place at Kasganj-Bareilly highway, near Mamo village, when the occupants were returning from a marriage function, police said . Three of the car occupants died on the spot while another succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased were identified as Aman, Asif and Sajid The injured Samir, Arshad and Yasir were shifted to hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries.