Six members of a family, who were sleeping at their residence in the Mancherial district in Telangana, died in a fire accident today. Mancherial police said that the incident took place at Venkatapur.  <br />'' <br />'' A couple-Maasa Sivayya and his wife Padma-their relative Shantaiah, Padma's niece Moulika and her children-Himabindu and Sweetie-died on the spot.<br />'' <br />''The locals, on seeing the fire, alerted the police and fire department officials.  In less than one-and-a-half, all these 6 persons got burnt alive.