THE result of autopsies carried out on all 23 victims of the fire that gutted Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Tahfiz, indicated that they died from smoke and poisonous gas inhalation. "Their cause of death was all the same, which was due to "excessive inhalation" of smoke and poison gas. The source said the identification process for most of the victims were carried out by matching the victims' blood or bone samples, to their parents'. "The team of experts who conducted the identification process had to use DNA sampling to identify the victims. It was learnt that authorities who conducted the identification process were unable to conduct fingerprint identification as their fingers were badly burnt.

Source: New Strait Times September 15, 2017 13:16 UTC