PYUTHAN: Two minors died after a cowshed caught fire at Rajawara in Gaurmukhi rural municipality of Pyuthan district.

Seven-year-old boy Himal Rana and three-year-old girl Chandra Kala Rana were killed in the fire on Wednesday morning, informed Bishnu Kumar Giri, the chairman of the rural municipality.

The fire broke out when there were no guardians at home.

Police officials are heading to the incident site, said Police Inspector Devi Prasad Gaire, the spokesperson of the District Police Office, Pyuthan.