BEIRUT: Three children died Sunday in a fire that erupted at their house in the northern region of Akkar, the National News Agency reported.
The casualties were identified as Hasan Hammoud, 4 years old, his three-year-old sister, Nouhad, and their little brother who was just three months old, Mahdi.
The fire, which broke out on the outskirts of the Akkar town of Halba, might have been caused by electrical wire friction, the NNA report said.
Civil Defense teams were able to extinguish the blaze while forensic experts arrived on the scene and launched an investigation in the incident.
The victims have since been transported to a local hospital.
Source: The Daily Star