AL AHSA: Seven members of a family died in a horrific incident when a devastating fire, triggered by a mobile phone charger, engulfed a house in the city of Hofuf in Al-Ahsa governorate, Saudi Arabia.
According to the details, the incident occurred last Monday when a charger left connected to electricity ignited a sofa in one of the rooms, leading to a catastrophic blaze engulfing the rest of the two-story house.
Saudi media reported that the victims included six siblings, Laila Hussein Al-Jibran, Iman Hussein, Latifa Hussein, Ahmed Hussein, Reda Hussein, Abdul-Ilah Hussein and their nephew Hussein Ali Al-Jibran.
The deceased included Latifa Hussein, a bride whose marriage contract was held last Friday night and who was waiting for her wedding within 72 hours. The bodies of the deceased family members were buried in the presence of a large gathering.
According to the victims’ relatives, one of the sons noticed the outbreak of the fire and informed his uncle Basil. They acted quickly to extinguish the fire with water, but the fire engulfed the house in a blink of an eye.
The eye witness said that the toxic smoke spread quickly inside the house, seeping into the closed rooms, and smoke inhalation caused the death of all seven family members. None of the victims did suffer burns as the death was due to suffocation from the toxic smoke, the Civil Defense officials said.
