Two sisters burnt alive in Agra

Agra, Oct 19: Two sisters were burnt alive when an explosion took place at the residence of a trader who had stocked crackers for Diwali festival in Sikendra area of the district here on late Wednesday night.

Police on Thursday said that the trader Sanjeev Agarwal was running a stationary shop on the ground floor of his residence and was also selling crackers. Suddenly, the shop caught fire due to short circuit leader to fire and explosion due to crackers.