In Kampong Chhnang, two children died in a house fire.

On Saturday, two children perished after the house they were staying in caught fire in Kampong Chhnang province's Samakki Meanchey district.

The fire started around 9 a.m. on Saturday in Por Rithikrai village, when their grandparents were out shopping and their parents went to work at the factory.

Noeun Chetra, 10, and his seven-year-old sister, Noeun Chantha, were identified as the two siblings by Samakki Meanchey district deputy governor Chhuon Channa.

“At the time of the event, neighbors tried to bang against the door to force it open to rescue them, but they were unable to break through the closed door,” Svay commune police chief Captain Chea Ron said. Suffocation has claimed the lives of the two children.”

He claimed that the people put out the fire, but that the children perished as a result.