Minor killed after hut catches fire

Injured and deceased were immediately shifted to hospital


Our Correspondent June 07, 2018
PHOTO: AFP

RAHIM YAR KHAN: A five-year-old child died after a hut caught fire in Sadiqabad on Wednesday.

Police said that the hut of Gul Hasan Koch, a labourer hailing from Chak number P-38, suddenly caught fire. The flames quickly engulfed the whole hut in which Gul’s five-year-old child was burnt to death while his seven-year-old child also suffered from severe burns.

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The injured and the deceased were immediately shifted to the hospital for treatment and legal formalities.

A police official told Express News that the fire completely engulfed the entire structure and reduced all valuables to ashes. The cause of the fire cannot yet be ascertained, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7th, 2018.

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