Two children die in Sharjah incidents
Girl falls to death from fifth floor; boy dies of smoke inhalation as apartment catches fire
Girl dies after a fall from fifth floor, boy suffocates to death as flat catches fire |
Two children died in separate incidents in Sharjah over the weekend, officials said yesterday
In the first incident, a sevenyear-old Arab girl died after falling from the fifth floor of a building in Musalla area on Friday afternoon, the police said.
The incident was reported to the police operations room by residents who witnessed the incident. Ambulance and police patrols rushed to the site and found the girl, identified as R.A., motionless on the ground.
The girl died on the spot due to the impact of the fall.
The body of the girl was moved to Al Qassimi Hospital around 4pm and then to the forensic laboratory.
Investigation revealed that the girl had climbed onto a piece of furniture and fell out.
A police official said the parents of the Arab girl were being questioned on suspicion of negligence because the girl had been left unattended in the flat.
The tragedy is the latest in a series of fatal falls of children from high-rise apartments across the UAE.
Police urged the public to lock their windows and to place aluminium barriers at windows to prevent children from falling. People should also take care to store dangerous chemicals
A police official said the parents of Arab girl were being questioned on suspicion of negligence because the girl had been left unattended in the flat.
out of reach of children. These include detergents and other cleaning products.
Apartment on fire
In another tragedy, a sevenyear-old Arab boy died of suffocation after a fire broke out on Friday in an apartment building, officials confirmed.
Two persons were recovering at a hospital after they were treated for smoke inhalation. The fire gutted an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in Al Qulayaa area. Sharjah Civil Defence received report of the fire at around 11pm.
At least two people were taken to the hospital as they suffered from smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire was not immediately known and a probe was under way.
“The fire gutted an apartment on the fifth floor of the building and the smoke spread in the whole building,” Major Hani Al Dahmani, director of Media and Public Relation Department at Sharjah Civil Defence told Gulf News.