ISLAMABAD: A woman sleeping in a hotel room was killed while many others got injured on Thursday when fire broke out in a building in Islamabad, Aaj News reported. 

According to the reports, fire broke out in a hotel room next to where the woman was sleeping. The smoke killed her, and suffocated 12 others.

The fire tenders reached the scene and extinguished the fire. Meanwhile, rescue team shifted the injured to the hospital.

The deceased woman was the resident Karachi's North Nazimabad area reportedly.