LAHORE: Two minor children died of suffocation Sunday after a house was engulfed in smoke due to a fire near National Hospital, DHA Lahore.

According to details, a fire broke out in a house near National Hospital in DHA are of Lahore. As a result, eight-year-old Ayesha and five-year-old Shah Mir died due to suffocation caused by the smoke fire.

The rescue teams extinguished the fire at the house with hectic efforts. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained yet. On the other hand, a fire broke out in a garment factory near Gajju Matta, Lahore. The fire fighters were busy overcoming the fire.