Coal-fired stove claims lives of two laborers in Hafizabad

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 06 Jan 2023

HAFIZABAD: Two labourers found dead in their cabin at a local rice mill in Hafizabad on Wednesday.

Police said that the deceased was employed at the rice mill in Jalalpur Bhattian, adding that the labourers went to sleep after burning a coal-fired stove to keep their room warm.

The workers died of suffocation owing to the poisonous gas accumulated in their cabin, said the police. As the labourers did not arrive at their duties, their colleagues entered the cabin and tried to wake them up but the workers did not show any sign of consciousness.

Rescue officials, after being informed, reached the spot and shifted them to the hospital where doctors pronounced the labourers dead on arrival.

Earlier int he day, five members of a family had died of suffocation in Quetta. According to sources, the incident took place at Sabzal Road in Quetta where the five members of a family were found dead. The deceased included husband, wife and their three children.

The man was identified as Naveed.