23 people have died of suffocation in 11 months in the country

23 people were killed and 43 others, citizens and residents, were injured as a result of inhaling smoke from the fires that surrounded them in several incidents since last September, due to the absence of smoke detectors in their homes and the absence of fire protection requirements. the police.

Police said they were able to save dozens of people after inhaling the smoke of the fire, which contains poisonous carbon monoxide (silent killer), while people, including entire families, died of sleeping, because of smoke, and that the ages of victims of these incidents varied between the age Breastfeeding and over 50 years.

The causes of the fire are mostly due to human errors from the victims or their loved ones. They start with a short circuit or a small fire because the phones are left on for long periods of time, especially during sleep. , The use of gas cylinders unsafe, while other accidents occurred due to smoking in the premises, and leave candles in the case of ignition during the period of sleep.

The Ministry of the Interior has previously launched the system of your “fortress” for early warning of fires, noting that there is a time plan to connect 400 thousand residential villas and 150 thousand buildings by the end of 2021.