Sindhi poet Dr Akash Ansari dies in house blaze

Hyderabad: Renowned Sindhi poet Dr Akash Ansari died in Hyderabad on Saturday after suffering intense burn wounds in a fire that broke out in his room. He was 69 years old.

Allah Bux, popularly known as Akash Ansari, was asleep in his house located in Citizen Colony Saturday morning when a fire broke out in his room and family members tried to extinguish the fire. Staff of Rescue 1122 rushed to the house to battle the blaze.