Two killed in Karachi gas pipeline explosion

Pressure due to digging work caused the explosion, according to police

KARACHI:

Two people were killed and three others injured in a gas pipeline explosion in Karachi on Friday.

According to details, the gas pipeline of a house situated near Do Minute Chowrangi in New Karachi exploded. The local police said that the pipeline exploded after being damaged during the digging work in the area.

“The pressure in the gas pipeline resulted in an explosion”, the police added.

Soon after the explosion, a house collapsed injuring five people. The injured were rushed to the hospital, where two of them succumbed to the burn wounds, according to the police report.

Further investigation into the matter is underway.

Negligence over pipeline maintenance has resulted in lethal accidents across the country.

In December 2019, three members of a family died, two others fell unconscious due to suffocation, in a gas leakage incident in Quetta.