Four persons of a family, including two minors, died after a fire broke out at an electric hardware shop in Pune district's Pimpri Chinchwad town on Wednesday morning, said officials from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Fire Department. The deceased were identified as Chimnaram Chowdhary (48), Namrata Chimnaram Chowdhary (40), Bhavesh Chowdhary (15) and Sachin Choudhary (13), the officials said.

According to the agency reports, the incident took place at 5.25 am in a shop on the ground floor of the residiential building--Pooja Heights--at Purna Nagar in Chikhli area of the town.