At least 10 people, including children and women, were killed and three injured in a fire incident early Friday morning in the Seri area of Pattan, the district headquarters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Lower Kohistan.<\/p>\n
Lower Kohistan Rescue 1122 spokesperson, Farman Ali, told that the fire erupted in a wooden house due to an electric short circuit in the early hours of Friday when the residents were asleep.<\/p>\n
As a result, the house\u2019s roof collapsed, leading to the deaths of 10 family members and leaving three others injured. Ali further said that until the residents woke up, the entire house had been engulfed in fire.<\/p>\n
The rescue official said that as it was dark when rescue efforts were under way, and they faced difficulties in retrieving the bodies and the injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, their bodies have been recovered and the three injured have been shifted to Pattan\u2019s Rural Health Centre,\u201d Ali added.<\/p>\n
He further said that eight buffalos also perished in the incident as the fire was on a \u201chuge scale\u201d and locals had taken part in the rescue efforts as well.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, an enormous fire at a commercial high-rise on Karachi\u2019s Sharea Faisal road had been attributed by Chief Fire Officer Ishtiaq Ahmed to an electric short circuit that had lit up a panaflex banner hanging on the building on fire.<\/p>\n
A week ago, another fire caused by an electrical short circuit in a house had engulfed as many as 36 thatched houses in Mithi\u2019s Aqil locality.<\/p>\n
Although no loss of life was reported, all valuables and other belongings of the affectees had been completely destroyed by the devastating fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 10 people, including children and women, were killed and three injured in a fire incident early Friday morning in the Seri area of Pattan, the district headquarters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Lower Kohistan. Lower Kohistan Rescue 1122 spokesperson, Farman Ali, told that the fire erupted in a wooden house due to an electric short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-320071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n