IMPHAL, January 6: A fire today burned down a house suspected to have spread from a bonfire which was left burning by a group of children after warming themselves this evening around 6:10 pm at Sekmaijing Wangma Hangoon Makha Leikai under Kakching police station.
The thatched roof of the house further helped aggravate the fire, informed source.
Fire sub station Mayang Imphal identified the owner as Md Pharijuddin.
The wind might have carried the fire from the bonfire and inflamed the house, said the fire tenders.
Properties worth around Rs 50 thousand were gutted in the fire.