Ehab Tawfik said that the cause of fire was a “short circuit” in his father’s room, local media reported A number of artists sent their condolences to Tawfik for his father’s death DUBAI: The father of the Egyptian singer Ehab Tawfik died Thursday from suffocation after a fire broke out in the artist’s Cairo villa. Tawfik said that the cause of fire was a “short circuit” in his father’s room, according to local media. Rescue teams saved the rest of his family and house staff. A number of artists sent their condolences to Tawfik for his father’s death. “We belong to Allah, and to him we shall return. Please pray for him,” Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny tweeted. Tunisian singer Latifa took to Instagram to write: “My dear brother Ehab… may God give you patience. May God protect you, your family and your children.”