Couple died of suffocation due to power outage crisis in Aden

ADEN, May 05 (YPA) – A couple in Aden city, southern Yemen, died of suffocation after a power outage lasting more than 19 hours, local sources reported on Monday.

The couple, Fawaz Shaif and his wife, Samah Mohammed, died inside their car while running the air conditioner to escape the heat. Reports indicated that they died as a result of inhaling smoke from the car’s exhaust.

The incident shocked residents of the Al-Memdara area and Aden, highlighting the stifling electricity crisis that plagues Aden and other southern cities during the summer due to fuel shortages at power plants, as well as the deterioration of basic services and living conditions due to the collapse of the local currency.

YPA