6 Die Of Asphyxiation As Fireplace Erupts Inside Home In J&Okay’s Kathua | India Information
Jammu: Six folks, together with two youngsters, died of asphyxiation when a fireplace erupted in a home in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua early Wednesday, officers mentioned.
4 individuals have been hospitalised as a result of incident, they mentioned.
A hearth broke out inside a home within the Shiv Nagar space of the district, filling it with thick smoke whereas its occupants have been sleeping.
Locals seen the fireplace round 2.30 am and rushed to the home, officers mentioned. The victims have been shifted to the Authorities Medical Faculty Hospital in Kathua, the place six, together with two minors, have been declared introduced lifeless, they mentioned.
“Ten folks have been dropped at the hospital. Six have been introduced lifeless, and 4 others have been injured,” a senior physician on the hospital mentioned.
Preliminary investigations recommend the victims died by suffocation after inhaling the smoke, the physician mentioned, including that no burn accidents have been reported.
