Negligence: Transformer blast kills one, injures 4

FAISALABAD: Four people were injured and one person was killed on Friday in an explosion at an electricity transformer above a tea stall. The police have registered an FIR against a Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Faizabad sub divisional officer and the owner of a factory. Ghulam Muhammadabad police said an electricity transformer exploded above a tea shop in Faizabad. Police said five factory workers, Umer Farooq, Muhammad Ashraf, Yasir Ali, Ashfaq and Allah Rakha were injured in the explosion.  The injured people were taken to a hospital where Ashraf died. Residents of the area said the transformer had developed a fault a few days ago and started beeping at night. They said they had informed the FESCO subdivision staff but no one showed up to fix it.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 31^st, 2013.