Five succumb to burn injuries in Allied Hospital
Death toll rises to eight after fresh casualties
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FAISALABAD:
Five people, who suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a vehicle on June 29, breathed their last in Allied Hospital on Monday raising the death toll to eight.
Gas leakage: Five of a family injured in LPG cylinder blast
Three passengers, including two women were killed and nine others suffered injuries when a gas cylinder exploded inside a wagon on Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road near Shahkot.
A police official told The Express Tribune that a passenger wagon, bearing registration no MII-132, was heading towards Faisalabad and when it reached near Shahkot City on Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road, its gas cylinder exploded.
Fatal explosions: Substandard LPG cylinders continue to take lives
While speaking to The Express Tribune, Shahkot City Police Station SHO Tasawar Munir said, “We have registered a case against the wagon driver Shaukat Ali and its conductor on the complaint of Sub Inspector Zulfaqar Ali.”
He pointed out, “The case has been registered under sections 322, 285 and 286 of the Pakistan Penal Code.”
The SHO said, “Both the driver and conductor escaped from the spot following the blast. However, the accused would be arrested shortly.”
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2017.
Five people, who suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a vehicle on June 29, breathed their last in Allied Hospital on Monday raising the death toll to eight.
Gas leakage: Five of a family injured in LPG cylinder blast
Three passengers, including two women were killed and nine others suffered injuries when a gas cylinder exploded inside a wagon on Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road near Shahkot.
A police official told The Express Tribune that a passenger wagon, bearing registration no MII-132, was heading towards Faisalabad and when it reached near Shahkot City on Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road, its gas cylinder exploded.
Fatal explosions: Substandard LPG cylinders continue to take lives
While speaking to The Express Tribune, Shahkot City Police Station SHO Tasawar Munir said, “We have registered a case against the wagon driver Shaukat Ali and its conductor on the complaint of Sub Inspector Zulfaqar Ali.”
He pointed out, “The case has been registered under sections 322, 285 and 286 of the Pakistan Penal Code.”
The SHO said, “Both the driver and conductor escaped from the spot following the blast. However, the accused would be arrested shortly.”
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2017.