Egypt – A 26-year-old woman named Sabah Ramadan, from Al-Zarqa in Damietta, Egypt, died yesterday evening, Saturday, 19 September, from severe injuries and burns she sustained following a fire incident inside her home, in an incident in which her family accused her husband of deliberately causing it.

According to the victim's family, the details of the incident date back to last Thursday evening, when a fire broke out inside an apartment in the village, before circumstances emerged, according to the family's account, indicating that the husband set fire to his wife while she was sleeping.

The family explained that the husband, according to their account, threw a bucket of gasoline on the sofa on which the victim was sitting or sleeping, then set it on fire, causing her to suffer severe burns.

Sabah Ramadan was transferred after the incident to "Al-Azhar" Hospital in Damietta to receive treatment, due to the seriousness of her condition, but she passed away yesterday from her injuries, while her body was deposited in the mortuary of Damietta Specialized Hospital until legal procedures are completed.

According to the family's account, Sabah Ramadan tried to call for help from her 10-year-old son, repeating a request for assistance, before the child went out and found his mother with the fire burning her, and tried to extinguish the flames and call the neighbors.

According to their account, the husband moved his wife to the bedroom while the fire was burning her, then closed the room door, while trying in front of the neighbors to show that he was unable to enter to rescue her.

They indicated that the neighbors later managed to reach the victim through an adjacent room, before transferring her to the hospital, where it was found that she had sustained third-degree burns covering nearly 70% of her body, and her health condition remained critical until her death.