Two sisters of same family die in house fire in Kayts

The Kayts Police have launched an investigation after the bodies of two women believed to have died due to a fire at a house in St. Mary's Avenue in Kayts in the Jaffna peninsula yesterday.

The deceased were identified as two sisters of the same family, aged 72 and 74, residents of Kayts.

The two deceased women were living alone at the house and one was a widow and the elder sister was spinster, was living with her younger sister as her husband and son died long ago.

The cause of the fire has not yet been revealed, police said.