Gorakhpur: Two girls drowned while a third child, an eight-year-old boy, is battling for life in a hospital after they fell into a rain-filled pit at a brick-kiln in Sikriganj area, police said.The victims were identified as Diya Tiwari (6) and Anushka Gond (8). Diya's brother Aryan Tiwari (8) was rescued in a critical condition and was rushed to the district hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. When the children did not return home by evening, worried family members launched a search and discovered them in the pit. The three children were pulled out and taken to Uruwa Primary Health Centre which later referred them to Gorakhpur district hospital, which declared Diya and Anushka brought dead. District Magistrate Deepak Meena and SSP Raj Karan Nayyar visited the hospital and met the relatives of the victims.