Egyptian worker dies from smoke inhalation in Jordan

Nourhan Elsebahy
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In Beni Suef, police forces fired tear gas and birdshot, after campus security attacked a student protest. (Photo from Student Against Coup)

An Egyptian worker in Jordan died on Monday after inhaling smoke from firewood he was burning to keep warm at home.

Another man from the same building was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, according to a statement from Jordan Civil Defence.

The two men were burning the firewood at home in Karak, Jordan, trying to keep warm through the wintry weather.

Jordan has been experiencing very cold weather in the past few days, although there was a slight warming on Sunday morning.

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Nourhan El-Sebahy is a journalist at DNE’s politics section. Just before joining DNE’s staff, she was working as a journalist at El-Watan newspaper “an Egyptian daily independent newspaper”. She holds a Master’s Degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She was awarded by Certificate of honor on the Fourth Scientific Day Celebration in 2013 and Graduate Student’s honor at AUC in 2012.