QUETTA: Three children died when a fire broke out in a shanty in Quetta's Goharabad neighbourhood on Thursday, DawnNews reported.

Residents said a candle led to the fire that spread to other shanties in the neighbourhood and resulted in the deaths of 11-year-old Imran, seven-year-old Salman and three-year-old Shagufta.

The children's parents had been badly burnt in the incident.