Five killed as house catches fire
Five of a family died due to asphyxiation when a fire broke out in a house in Ghaziabad early Tuesday morning.
The family of a fruit seller, including his wife and three children were sleeping, when the fire broke out apparently due to short circuit.
The five persons were found dead in their house Monday night and the room in which they had been sleeping was full of smoke due to a fire caused by a short circuit, SP (city) A.K. Vijeta stated.
The deceased, who have been identified as Shahid (35), his wife Nageena (30), their two daughters Neba (6) and Nagma (4) and son Ayub (2), did not receive any burn injuries but died due to suffocation caused by the smoke, stated the initial medical reports.
The incident was reported to the fire department and the local police by a neighbour of the five people. Meanwhile, further investigations in the case are going on.
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