CHENNAI: A four-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh died after accidentally falling into hot water drained from cooked rice at her family's makeshift tent near Guduvanchery on Saturday evening.

The deceased, Avanthika, was the third daughter of Venkateswarulu, 43, who had been living with his wife and three daughters in a tent near the railway gate at Thailavaram, close to Guduvanchery. The family, natives of Andhra Pradesh, earned their livelihood through a performing boom boom ox fortune telling.

On Saturday evening, Avanthika was playing on a folding cot inside the tent when it suddenly collapsed. The child fell into a vessel containing boiling water that had been kept below after draining cooked rice. The hot water spilled over her body, causing severe burn injuries.

The family rushed her to the Chengalpattu Government Medical College Hospital in a 108 ambulance. She was admitted to the intensive care unit, but succumbed to her injuries on Monday morning.

Guduvanchery police have registered a case and are investigating the incident.