Elderly man asphyxiated, wife injured.

FAISALABAD -- A 76-year-old man died of asphyxiation while his wife suffered burns after a fire broke out in their room near Jhumra road in the early hours Tuesday.

According to the rescue team, an elderly couple,after burning a gas heater in their room, fell asleep.Suddenly,a fire broke out in the room.Consequently, Anwar Masih, 76, died of suffocation while his wife Maryum Bibi, 70, suffered burns.

Rescue team shifted the injured woman to the burn center, Allied Hospital.

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