HYDERABAD: Four of the burn victims of a house fire died at a Karachi hospital on Thursday.

A pall of gloom hung over Gharibabad locality when bodies of the victims — all family members of Paramedical Staff Association general secretary Ravi Tanboli — Ravi’s father Ratan, 55, mother Savitri, 50, sister-in-law Usha, 22, and sister Ainee, were brought in ambulances to the locality for last rites.

Eleven persons, including five children, suffered burns in the fire incident caused by gas leakage in their house in Gharibabad on Wednesday. The remaining children and other injured were still under treatment in Karachi.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2022