Five members of a family including three children drowned in a water-filled quarry in Dombivlai in Maharashtra`s Thane district on Saturday, a fire brigade official said. The incident took place around 4 pm in Sandip village, he said.

"A woman and her daughter-in-law were washing clothes near the quarry when one of the woman`s three grandchildren, who were sitting close by, slipped into the water. The other four tried to rescue the child but they all drowned," he said.