CHENNAI: A 59-year-old priest was charred to death in a fire that broke out on a temple premises at Kolathur in Chennai on Wednesday night.
The deceased has been identified as Mohan, 59, who was a priest at Sundarajaperumal temple.
Mohan was preparing prasadam in a room on the temple premises. He failed to notice a gas leak. Soon a fire broke out. He caught fire and was charred to death.