ISLAMABAD: A mother and her three children have died of suffocation due to coal hearth at Barma, Pindora road an outskirt of Shahzad town here on Tuesday.
According to the details, a woman identified as Ameer Bibi wife of Manzoor Husaain resident of Karor Paka, basti Muhammad Saeed Lodara Multan forgot to turn it off a coal hearth before going to bed.
Fumes of carbon monoxide leaked from the coal hearth filled the room, resulting into death of Ameer Bibi and her 3-year-old son, Junaid Hassan, 7 year old Khubaib Hassan and 5-year-old daughter, Ayesha.
Local police and Rescue 1122 raced to the scene and shifted the bodies to the Pakistan Institute Medical Sciences hospital for postmortem. ASI Badar Munir, Investigation officer, Police station Shahad town while talking to this scribe said that the family had turned on the coal hearth because of extreme cold for whole night. At night due to absence of oxygen and due to suffocation children and their mother died.
He said that Next morning when there was no one answered from the home, neighbors broke the door and found them dead. "10 year old Sohaib Hassan was immediately rescued by the neighbors to the hospital and was saved" Babar said.
Muhmaad Ramzan, brother of Manzoor Hussain said that home’s residents were sleeping inside. He said that Next morning when there was no answered from inside, neighbors broke the door and immediately rescue Sohaib Hassan to the hospital. He demanded the government to help in shifting the dead bodies to the native city Multan.
While talking agency Dr. Armagan, Nephrologist PIMS said that Carbon monoxide, or CO, is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden death. He said that CO is found in combustion fumes, such as those produced by cars and trucks, small gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, burning charcoal and wood, and gas ranges and heating systems. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces and breathing it can poison people.
According to the details, a woman identified as Ameer Bibi wife of Manzoor Husaain resident of Karor Paka, basti Muhammad Saeed Lodara Multan forgot to turn it off a coal hearth before going to bed.
Fumes of carbon monoxide leaked from the coal hearth filled the room, resulting into death of Ameer Bibi and her 3-year-old son, Junaid Hassan, 7 year old Khubaib Hassan and 5-year-old daughter, Ayesha.
Local police and Rescue 1122 raced to the scene and shifted the bodies to the Pakistan Institute Medical Sciences hospital for postmortem. ASI Badar Munir, Investigation officer, Police station Shahad town while talking to this scribe said that the family had turned on the coal hearth because of extreme cold for whole night. At night due to absence of oxygen and due to suffocation children and their mother died.
He said that Next morning when there was no one answered from the home, neighbors broke the door and found them dead. "10 year old Sohaib Hassan was immediately rescued by the neighbors to the hospital and was saved" Babar said.
Muhmaad Ramzan, brother of Manzoor Hussain said that home’s residents were sleeping inside. He said that Next morning when there was no answered from inside, neighbors broke the door and immediately rescue Sohaib Hassan to the hospital. He demanded the government to help in shifting the dead bodies to the native city Multan.
While talking agency Dr. Armagan, Nephrologist PIMS said that Carbon monoxide, or CO, is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden death. He said that CO is found in combustion fumes, such as those produced by cars and trucks, small gasoline engines, stoves, lanterns, burning charcoal and wood, and gas ranges and heating systems. CO from these sources can build up in enclosed or semi-enclosed spaces and breathing it can poison people.
