Girl, 11, dies ‘after inhaling toxic fumes from RAT POISON inside their home’
Girl, 11, dies and three family members are seriously ill in hospital ‘after inhaling toxic fumes from RAT POISON inside their home’
The 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive at a flat on Sutton Street in ShadwellThe girl was taken to an east London hospital where she died a short time later It is believed she fell ill after ‘inhaling toxic fumes from super-strength rat poison’A number of other people reported feeling unwell in the same building
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An 11-year-old girl died and three people were taken to hospital ‘after inhaling toxic fumes from super-strength rat poison’ at a block of flats in east London.
Schoolgirl Fatiha Sabrin was found unresponsive at a flat believed to be above where the poison was laid in a Nida House on Sutton Street, Shadwell, on Saturday at 16.12pm.
She was taken to an east London hospital but died a short time later.
Sabbir Ahmad, a family friend, said the girl’s father has been stuck in an airport since the tragedy happened as he was in Bangladesh on a business trip.
Describing Fatiha, Sabbir told MyLondon: ‘She was a very bright girl. She was in my home eight or nine days ago and were discussing her future plans.
‘She was very responsive and told me she wanted to be a doctor, and wanted to make something very good of her life.
‘She was also a great writer, she received awards for her writing skills.’
The child was found unresponsive at a flat on Sutton Street in Shadwell on Saturday at 16.12pm, the Metropolitan Police said. Pictured: Police at the scene
A number of other people reported feeling unwell in the same building and received treatment at the scene.
Three residents remain in hospital – their condition is not yet known. London Fire Brigade discovered chemicals, believed to be used for pest control, inside the building.
Some in the area suggested the girl had died after super-strength rat poison from Bangladesh released toxic fumes when the heating came on.
Toni Balbi, 19, lives in a flat in Nida House. He said medical teams spent hours measuring chemical levels in the building.
Police moved him and his neighbours to a nearby hotel and were told they would stay there for two days.
‘At around 3 pm there was an ambulance in the building, nothing out of normal, then other ambulances start coming, then firefighters, then police,’ he told The Sun.
‘When I arrived downstairs they took our details, and left us on the path, an hour later they offered us thermal blankets.’
Labour’s Apsana Begum, 31, is MP for the area and was born in Shadwell.
A number of other people reported feeling unwell in the same building and received treatment at the scene. Three residents remain in hospital – their condition is not yet known. Pictured: Police at the scene
She said said: ‘I am aware of the incident at Nida House E1 this evening.
‘Emergency services are working together to continue their response.
‘Constituents are encouraged to support them by avoiding the areas where the road closures remain in and around Sutton Street.
‘Tragically this has resulted in one fatality of a young girl, from chemicals found within the building.
‘My thoughts and prayers are with her and her loved ones.
‘I am following up to support constituents including everyone who was evacuated and in care of Tower Hamlets council.’
Firefighters from London Fire Brigade found chemicals thought to be used for ‘pest control’ in the block of flats (File image)
Liberal Democrat councillor Rabina Khan spent last night and Sunday morning with Sutton Street residents, many of who were ‘very shaken,’ she said.
She added it was ‘heartbreaking an 11-year-old girl has died’.
A spokesman for the Met Police told MailOnline: ‘Other residents in the block were evacuated as a precaution and are being looked after by the local authority.
‘A sweep of the building was carried out by the London Fire Brigade and a quantity of chemicals – believed to be used for pest control – were discovered.
‘They will be safely removed and an investigation will be carried out to determine how they came to be in the building.’
The girl’s body will be examined under special post-mortem and her death is being treated as unexplained. Her next of kin have been informed.
