Tragic: Elderly woman dies after her bed catches fire

FAISALABAD: An elderly woman died on Monday after her bed caught fire in a Ghulam Muhammad Abad police precinct. A police spokesperson said Majidan Bibi, 70, a resident of Sunehri Chowk was in her bed when her children lit a fire to boil water. The fire spread to her bed and she was badly burned. Her family took her to a hospital but she succumbed to her injuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 29^th, 2015.