Gas leakage: Fire injures three of a family

SWAT: Three people were injured when a house in Panr village caught fire on Saturday. According to locals, the fire erupted in a room of Zahid Hussain’s house due to gas leakage and engulfed the entire room in a few minutes. The fire inflicted severe burns on the owner of the house, his wife and son who were sitting in the room at the time of the incident. Neighbours rushed to the site and tried to extinguish the fire. The injured were rushed to Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital, while Hussain was taken to Peshawar due to severe burn injuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 24^th, 2013.