Two women die of suffocation in Mansehra

Rescue 1122 official warn people against keeping heaters on while going to bed


Our Correspondent December 22, 2021
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MANSEHRA:

Two women suffocated to death while two other family members fainted at their house in Mohallah Usmania near Karakoram Highway (KKH) due to a gas leak.

According to Rescue 1122, the family kept the gas heater on while resting in the night. However, after some time owing to low gas pressure or leakage gas heater went off. As a result, the room was filled with gas and both died of suffocation.

Three women and a man were found unconscious in the morning and were shifted to King Abdullah Hospital Mansehra by Rescue 1122, where doctors confirmed two of the women's death and referred the remaining two critically ill men and women to Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad.

The deceased women were identified as Nasreen Bibi and Iqra Bibi while two survivors were Ahmed and Sana Bibi.

During the last six days, this is the second gas leakage incident in Mansehra where four people have lost their lives.

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The first incident occurred on December 16 in which two teenage brothers and sisters died as they went to sleep without switching off their gas heater.

Police said that Ayesha Bibi, a student of first year, and her brother Mohammad Usman, a student of 9th grade, died of suffocation in Dub area. Both siblings didn’t turn off the gas heater before going to sleep which filled the room with poisonous fumes causing their suffocation, they added.

The Rescue 1122 official advised people against keeping heaters on while going to bed to avoid any unpleasant incident.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2021.

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