Newly-wed woman succumbs to burn injuries

Kancheepuram, Mar 2 (UNI) A 19-year-old newly-wed woman was killed after she was engulfed by flames while cooking at her home at Palavakkam near here last night.

Police said the woman was cooking using a pump stove when some kersone spilled on her person and her saree caught fire.

She was rushed to the Chengalpattu Government Hospital where she succumbed. Later, the police sent the body for post-mortem.

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