Gas Leak: Four injured in house fire

RAWALPINDI: At least four persons were injured in a house fire in Rahmatabad on Thursday.

Rescue officials said the fire had apparently erupted from a gas leakage. “When one of the inmates lit a match in the morning, a blast occurred resulting in a fire that engulfed the house,” said a rescue official, quoting the inmates.

Rukhsana, Shahid, Abdul Wahid and four-month minor Miqat sustained burn injuries. It took the rescue officials 15 minutes to extinguish the fire. The injured were shifted to the DHQ Hospital. Sources at the hospital said that Rukhsana had sustained 45% burn wounds.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 7^th, 2014.