Tragedy befell a family when six children including five girls and a boy died in a house fire in Upper Dir today (Sunday).
The victims of the blaze at a home in Dogdara’s Babozai Payen area have been identified as Maryam, 14, Tasleem, 12, Nasreen, 9, Warsa, 5, Mudassar, 3, and 13-year-old Sameena.
The house belongs to a person named Hamesh Gul. Reportedly, the fire erupted due to short-circuit of electricity generator.
Pakistan faces widespread blackouts, and many people use generators to provide electricity for their houses or to run businesses. The fire is likely to add to public outrage over the government s failure to provide sufficient power.
