ISLAMABAD, DEC 29, (DNA) – A woman sleeping in a hotel room was killed when fire broke out in a building near Rawal Chowk, rescue services said.

Fire broke out in a hotel room next to where the woman was sleeping. The smoke killed her, and suffocated 12 others who were shifted to a hospital.

Two fire brigade engines took part in dousing the fire.

The fire also damaged five doors of the hotel.

On December 5, this year 12 people were killed and more than 110 injured when a fire broke out at private hotel in Karachi.