Gas cylinder blast: Windar SHO dies of burn injuries

Jamoote was buried in his ancestral town, Khuzdar on Thursday

QUETTA: Windar SHO Abdul Ghafoor Jamoot, who had suffered critical burn injuries after a gas cylinder blew up in his home, succumbed to his wounds on late Wednesday.

A leaking gas cylinder blew up inside SHO Jamoot's house in Windar area of Lesbela district of Balochistan, critically injuring him, his wife and son. The blast also set his house on fire.

Jamoot was severely burnt with over 85% of his body receiving burn injuries.

They were moved to Karachi for treatment, where the SHO succumbed to his injuries.

He was buried in his ancestral town, Khuzdar on Thursday.