Suffocation from smoke: One dies, four faint

SARGODHA: A woman suffocated to death on Thursday, while four of a family fainted due to smoke from burning coal. Police said Muhammad Aslam, a resident of Khokhran village, put some coal in his room, where his wife Razia Bibi, two sisters and his child were also sleeping. In the morning, they were all found unconscious from the smoke that had collected in the room without an outlet. They were taken to a hospital, where Razia Bibi was pronounced dead. The rest were reported to be out of danger.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2013.