Flammable: Four injured in gas explosion
A mother and her three children suffered severe burn injuries when a fire broke out in a house in Matta Mughal Khel in Charsadda on Saturday.
According to the police, a fire erupted due to a gas leak at the house of Sanaullah. His wife Tauheed Begum and their three children were present in the room at the time. A stove in the room had been switched on Friday night but later the gas supply was stopped without any notice. When the gas flow was restored, it had filled the entire room. The next morning when Tauheed Begum lit a matchstick to make breakfast on the stove, the room caught fire. She was critically wounded along with her children Ihsanullah, Amanullah and Ayesha. They were rushed to Shabqadar Hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2015.