Roof-collapse: One dies, two injured
It took rescue officials an hour to remove the rubble.
MULTAN:
A girl died on Saturday after the roof of an under-construction house collapsed. Rescue officials said a woman and her daughters were trapped underneath the rubble when the roof of the house in Qadirpuran caved in. It took rescue officials an hour to remove the rubble. By the time, one of the children, identified as seven-year-old Zainab, was dead. The mother, Arsha Mai, and the second child, identified as Mahnoor, were taken to Nishtar Hospital, where they were said to be in a critical condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2013.
A girl died on Saturday after the roof of an under-construction house collapsed. Rescue officials said a woman and her daughters were trapped underneath the rubble when the roof of the house in Qadirpuran caved in. It took rescue officials an hour to remove the rubble. By the time, one of the children, identified as seven-year-old Zainab, was dead. The mother, Arsha Mai, and the second child, identified as Mahnoor, were taken to Nishtar Hospital, where they were said to be in a critical condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2013.