Workplace accident: Worker dies, four injured in factory cylinder blast

Edhi workers say fire had erupted at the factory following the blast

LAHORE: A labourer died and four others received injuries in a cylinder blast at a garments factory in Sheikhpura Factory Area on Friday.

An Edhi Foundation worker said that fire had erupted at Fatima Fertilisers on Sheikhpura Road following a cylinder explosion. He said five labourers were injured in the incident. They were taken a nearby hospital where one of them died. The deceased was identified just as Yousaf. A police official said the blast took place in the afternoon sometime before the lunch break.

He said a gas leak had caused the blast. He said some workers had suffered bruises as they were trying to run out of the factory following the blast.

The body of the deceased was sent to a morgue for an autopsy.

Police said forensic evidence had been gathered and statements of witnesses recorded during preliminary investigation.

On Tuesday, six people had been injured in a cylinder blast in Nishter Colony area.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 23^rd, 2016.