Family of seven burn in Rawalpindi house fire
Fire took away husband and wife along with five children
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RAWALPINDI:
A family of seven burned to death Wednesday when a fire broke out in their home due to a short circuit, in Rawalpindi's Chaklala Scheme-III, Express News reported.
According to Radio Pakistan fire erupted in the double-storey house while Shaukat Cheema, 35 and his wife Aisha, 32 were asleep in the house with their five young children.
Excessive suffocation subsequently lead to the death of all seven family members. The eldest of the children, Hasan, was 14, while Fatima being the youngest was four years old.
Read: Tragic incidents: Fire engulfs house, kills four members of family
Rescue teams and the Airport police arrived at the scene and immediately shifted the family to District Headquarters Hospital.
All members of the family were pronounced dead at the hospital.
A family of seven burned to death Wednesday when a fire broke out in their home due to a short circuit, in Rawalpindi's Chaklala Scheme-III, Express News reported.
According to Radio Pakistan fire erupted in the double-storey house while Shaukat Cheema, 35 and his wife Aisha, 32 were asleep in the house with their five young children.
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Excessive suffocation subsequently lead to the death of all seven family members. The eldest of the children, Hasan, was 14, while Fatima being the youngest was four years old.
AN EXPRESS NEWS SCREENGRAB
Read: Tragic incidents: Fire engulfs house, kills four members of family
Rescue teams and the Airport police arrived at the scene and immediately shifted the family to District Headquarters Hospital.
AN EXPRESS NEWS SCREENGRAB
All members of the family were pronounced dead at the hospital.