One dies of gas leakage from heater

ABBOTABAD:

A man died of consuming toxic fumes in his sleep as he left a gas heater burning in a small room with no ventilation.

Police said Muhammad Naveed was found dead in the morning in a room filled with gas fumes.

The gas supply went out in the night and the heater flame died. However, when the supply resumed, the gas did not burn and kept filling in the room sending the victim to a deathly slumber, police said.

Police informed that during last two weeks, it was sixth death in district Abbottabad due to gas leakage.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 3^rd, 2021.