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A mysterious fire has burnt two children of same parents aged 6 and 3 to death in Udo Imuk Street, in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom state, causing grief among residents of the area.

It was gathered that the children were locked inside the one room apartment by their parents who went out to get something expecting to return home shortly.

The cause of the inferno could not be ascertained at press time, even though some newsmen who visited the scene on Saturday morning, gathered the sad incident occurred last Friday at about 7:00pm.

The neighbours, said they had no idea that the children were inside the apartment when they noticed that the mysterious fire had razed down the room.