Security guard, cook suffocate to death

Two men died of suffocation on Thursday in a Nathiagali hotel room after falling asleep with a charcoal fire burning in the fireplace.

According to Rescue 1122 and Nathiagali police, they burned charcoal in the chimney corner before going to bed. The carbon monoxide from the charcoal led to the suffocation of both the men.

According to the preliminary investigation of Nathiagali police, the deceased were identified as 50-year-old Siddiq Muhammad Suhbat Khan and 56-year-old Muhammad Shaukat.

Siddiq hailed from Ghazikot Township Mansehra and worked at the hotel as a security guard while Muhammad Shaukat worked as a cook at the same hotel and hailed from Tehsil Ogi.

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Rescue 1122 shifted the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital Abbottabad which were later handed over to their families.

A few days ago in Abbottabad, a woman and her four children died of suffocation while her husband was in critical condition at the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad.

The incident occurred when the family, grappling with load shedding, resorted to using a gas heater in their room, said the police, adding that gas leakage ensued, leading to the fatal accumulation of gas in the room.

The deceased included 26-year-old Shamim Bibi and five-year-old Varmaisha.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2023.