A housewife, identified as Manikyamma (45), was burnt alive as flames engulfed her when she was preparing food in the Kabela area in Vijayawada on Tuesday.
According to West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) K. Hanumantha Rao, the accident occurred when the woman was heating ghee in a bowl on the gas stove.
Suddenly, the bowl containing ghee caught fire and the flames engulfed the woman. By the time the neighbours came to her rescue, she sustained severe burns. The Bhavanipuram police have registered a case, the ACP said.
