Lightning: Factory worker dies in fire

Rescue officials say the fire started by a thunderbolt.

JHANG: A factory worker died and three others were injured on Tuesday after fire started at a fodder factory in Rauf Wala area on Tuesday. Rescue officials said the fire started by a thunderbolt. They said four workers were trapped underneath some bundles of dry fodder which had fallen over then and had caught fire. Three of them were rescued immediately and one, later identified as Tauqeer, 20, pulled out after a few hours. He was taken to a hospital, but he died on the way. The rest of the three workers were reported to be out of danger. Some factory workers said the workers were preparing the bundles when the accident occurred.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2012.