A fire in Tarhairi village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Abbottabad district resulted in the death of nine family members. The incident occurred in the limits of the Mangal police station and the house, made of wood, caught fire due to a short circuit and collapsed. Rescue teams worked for hours to retrieve the bodies trapped under the rubble. The head of the family, Zakir Abbasi, was not present at the time of the incident. The bodies were unable to be identified and mass graves were prepared for their burial.