A 55-year-old woman was charred to death in fire that broke out at her house in the district, police said today.
The victim, identified as B Lakshmi, was sleeping in her thatched house at Mentada village under Andra mandal of the district at around midnight yesterday when the blaze erupted, police sub-inspector S Bhaskar Rao said.
Police suspect that the fire occurred when a lamp kept lit in the house fell and the flames spread at the place.
A case has been registered and investigation is on, police added.
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