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Three Die of Suffocation from Smoke in Bihar Due to Charcoal Brazier

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Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) Three people died of suffocation as the room got filled with smoke from a coal brazier, lit to protect themselves from cold conditions in Bihar’s Gaya district.Three members of a family – a woman and two children – lost their lives to suffocation in the Wazirganj police station area.The victims were identified as Meena Devi (60), wife of Gango Manjhi, her grandson Sujit Kumar (3), and granddaughter Anshu Kumari (5), the police said.To protect themselves from the cold, the fa…