A couple died from suffocation after they went to sleep with the fireplace burning in a village here, officials said on Friday.

The couple lit a fireplace due to the cold, took it inside their room and fell asleep with the door closed, due to which they died of suffocation. However, the locals did not inform the police and their bodies were cremated.

The couple had lit a fireplace in their room in the Dwari-Thapla village where they had come to attend a wedding, they fell asleep by the fire and died of suffocation.

Uttarakhand: The couple, Madan Mohan Semwal (52) and his wife, Yashoda Devi (48) had come to the village to attend a wedding ceremony, Dwari-Thapla village administrator Rinki Devi said.