Three injured in separate roof collapse incidents

PESHAWAR: As many as three people were injured on Saturday when the roof of separate houses collapsed owing to heavy rain in the province.

In the first incident, rescue teams said that they received reports of a roof cave-in from the Gulberg area of Peshawar. Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the spot and pulled out two people from the rubble of the mud house.

In an injured state, the two were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, another person was injured when the roof of a house collapsed in the Khyber tribal district. The injured was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was said to be out of danger, rescue officials said.

Meanwhile, heavy downpour lashed the South Waziristan district on Saturday causing landslides.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1^st, 2020.