A man died after inhaling hazardous fumes in Shahzad Town area on Sunday.
Police sources said that the 50-year-old Akhtar Hussain Abbasi, who was running a restaurant in Bani Gala died due to exposure to carbon monoxide fumes. Abbasi, hailing from Mallot village, was using coal fire to keep himself warm.
On Saturday night, he closed his restaurant and went into a nearby room to sleep. Next morning, an employee reached the restaurant and did not find Abbasi at the restaurant. He went to the nearby room and found him dead.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 5th, 2013.
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