From correspondents in India, 02:31 PM IST

Five members of a family, including a baby, were killed and three injured when a fire broke out in a house in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, a police official said Saturday.

The dead include an aged couple and a six-month-old boy. The fire Friday night was due to a gas cylinder leak, the police said.

'Following the gas leak, a pile of wood caught fire leading to the house being engulfed in flames,' Bijnor Additional Superintendent of Police Man Singh told IANS.

The injured have been taken to hospital.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)