Jammu Kathua: Fire broke out in a house, 6 died due to suffocation, 3 unconscious

Jammu Kathua: A major accident has happened in Kathua, Jammu. 6 people died due to fire in a house here. All the deaths are being reported due to suffocation. According to the information received so far, 9 people were sleeping in the house. Three people fainted due to the smoke arising from the fire.

Fire broke out in a house in Kathua

As soon as the information of the accident was received, local people reached to help. Meanwhile, a neighbor youth fainted while taking out the people trapped in the fire from the house. The incident is from Shivnagar, Kathua. The cause of the fire is being told to be an electrical short circuit in the house.

6 died due to suffocation

The dead include people of the same family, among them there are also 2 children. The incident is being reported at around 2:30 in the morning. At the time of the incident, all the members of the house were sleeping. Seeing the flames of fire in the house, there was a stir among the people around.

The doctor of Kathua Government Medical College told that 10 people were brought to the hospital for treatment. 6 of them had already died. He told that all of them died due to suffocation caused by smoke.

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Smoke engulfed the house as soon as the fire broke out

As soon as the information of the incident was received, the fire service and police reached the spot. The fire was controlled by the fire brigade. According to the local people, smoke engulfed the house due to the fire. People entered the house and started evacuating the people present there. Meanwhile, when a neighboring youth reached inside the house, he fainted due to suffocation. People told that the fire started due to an electrical short circuit which suddenly flared up rapidly.

In the meanwhile, Police has sent the bodies of the deceased for postmortem. On the other hand, the condition of those who have fainted is said to be stable. Police is investigating the incident.