Three people were suffocated to death due to gas leakage at Sariab area of the metropolis, hospital sources said on Tuesday.

The bodies of the victims identified as Mumtaz Ali, Bilawal and Kamal Khan Bangulzai were brought to the civil hospital Quetta, where doctors declared them dead.

The dead bodies have been handed over to their families after fulfillment of legal formatives.

Local police is looking into the matter.