Gas leak: 12 burned in van accident

FAISALABAD:

As many as 12 people were burned as a passenger van caught fire following a gas leak in Jhang on Friday night.

The injured were taken to Jhang district headquarters (DHQ) hospital where doctors referred six to the burn unit at Allied Hospital in Faisalabad. Dr Ali Naqi, who is treating the patients at Allied Hospital, described the condition of two of them as critical.

He said the rest were now out of danger but would remain at the hospital for a few days. Witnesses said fire erupted in the van near Sufi Mor. It was headed towards Jhang from Bhowana. A Rescue 1122 team put out the fire and rescued passengers.

They were identified as Khuda Yar, Tahir Shah, Habib Ullah, Kausar Bibi, Saddam, Malaika, Ali, Saddam Husain, Azizur Rehman, Waseem and Sajjad.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13^th, 2012.