30 hurt in gas cylinder blast

Published November 9, 2020
More than 30 people, mostly children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Kohlu town on Sunday. — Dawn/File
More than 30 people, mostly children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Kohlu town on Sunday. — Dawn/File

QUETTA: More than 30 people, mostly children, were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Kohlu town on Sunday.

Levies Force officials said that the cylinder exploded in the Bohri area of Kohlu town, resulting in injuring over two dozen children.

Soon after the blast, security forces rushed to the site and took the injured to district hospital. “Majority of the injured include children who were playing at the blast site,” the officials said.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2020

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