Child dies of suffocation after house catches fire in Oman

A child died of suffocation after being trapped in a burning house in the town of Saham, Oman's Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) have confirmed.
 

A statement from the rescue agency late on Thursday night read: "Firefighting teams from the Directorate of Civil Defence and Ambulance in North Batina Governorate dealt with a report on a house fire in Khor Al Hamam village in the wilayat of Saham, which resulted in the death of a boy due to suffocation."