Four adults and six children killed in Pakistan house fire

Four adults and six children, mostly from the same family, were killed when fire swept through a house in Lahore, Pakistan (KM Chaudary/AP)

A fire swept through a house in Lahore in eastern Pakistan before dawn on Wednesday, killing six children and four adults, most of them from the same family, police and rescue officials said.

Two women, two men and six children aged between six and 16 lost their lives, deputy inspector-general of police in Lahore, Ali Nasir, said.