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Farm fires kill 5 in Punjab

The news over the weekend that Punjab had crossed the 90-lakh tonne figure in wheat procurement was eclipsed by reports of at least five persons, including three women and one child, being killed and dozens, including six school children, admitted to various hospitals with serious burns as multiple fires destroyed thousands of acres of wheat fields in the State's south-western districts as well the adjoining areas of Haryana.

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