{"id":39260,"date":"2023-12-24T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T10:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/at-least-nine-of-a-family-perish-in-blaze-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T10:09:12","slug":"at-least-nine-of-a-family-perish-in-blaze-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/at-least-nine-of-a-family-perish-in-blaze-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"At least nine of a family perish in blaze | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least nine members of a family perished on Sunday when their house caught fire in the\u00a0Tarhi village area of Abbottabad district.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said the family members succumbed to burn injuries. The owner of the residence was identified as Zakir Abbasi.<\/p>\n

Local Councillor Khaqan Abbasi said Nagina Begum, Zakir\u2019s wife, along with her four sons and four daughters were among the victims.<\/p>\n

The head of the deceased family, Zakir Abbasi is a resident in Karachi. The cause of the fire is under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, in a similar horrific incident<\/a>, 10 members of a family, including four women and children, died, according to officials, of suffocation after a fire erupted in a three-storey building in Samian Mohallah at Taxali Gate in Lahore.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, the fire broke out at around 2 am. The victims were asleep at that time in their three-storey residence.<\/p>\n

Three families were living in the building; three rooms were stacked on top of each other, making it a three-storey building.<\/p>\n

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