Six children, including four sisters, died on Monday due to suffocation in Sargodha, said the 1122 rescue in a statement.
“The family left after cleaning the wheat drum in the house. The children entered the wheat drum while they were lying to play, stuck in the process and finally suffocating until death,” said their report.
The incident took place in Chak number 12, Colonia Jinnah in the Punjab Sargodha district.
The names of the deceased children were Saima, Amna, Sawra, Dua Fatima, Sonia and Maryam, the statement added.
Yesterday, two brothers lost their lives due to asphyxiation after being accidentally locked inside an iron drum while they play hidden in their home in Chak 60/5-l, Burjwala.
In January, at least five children from a family, including four brothers and their cousin, were found dead due to the suffocation caused by the smoke of the burning of coals that are used to stay hot.
