Safety: Four die in gas cylinder blast

NAROWAL: Four people of a family were killed on Wednesday in a gas cylinder explosion at a house in Zafarwal. Rescue officials said that gas had apparently been leaking from a cylinder in the kitchen. In the morning, the gas caught fire when the stove was lighted. The lady of the house, her husband and two children died on the spot. The fire spread across the three-storey house. It was put out in three hours. The bodies have been sent to the district headquarter hospital for autopsy.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 13^th, 2013.