Six people were killed after a fire broke out at a house in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, officials said.

The blaze erupted at a residential property in Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan province, Iran's Students News Agency (ISNA) reported. The victims were trapped inside the house and died at the scene.

Bandar Abbas Fire Department said firefighters brought the blaze under control and launched an investigation into the cause of the fire.(ILKHA)