WAN, — A Four year-old Kurdish child named as Ekrem Yarali died of tent fire at around 23.00 last night.
According to local sources Ekrem’s mother and three sisters also seriously burnt by the fire blazed in one of the tents set up for quake survivors in the eastern province of Wan.
It was too late to save Ekrem when parents realized the fire erupted when they left the tent for a short while. Crime scene investigators and prosecutor examined the area after the fire.
The body of four-year-old boy was taken to Regional Research Hospital and he is expected to be buried later today.
People in the area tell that they live under dangerous conditions in Iranian tents which could easily catch fire from a slightest sparking. They complain that these Iranian tents were given to them as they weren’t demanded by anyone from other 13 villages.
Villagers call for sensitivity, warning that many more people will die if necessary measurements aren’t taken by authorities.